Coquilla nuts - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 77783 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Image | Plant Name | 187.00 PALMAE Attalea funifera | Entry Book Number | 21.1983 | |
| Artefact Name | Coquilla nuts | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Brazil | TDWG Region | Brazil | ||
| Parts Held | Coquilla nuts | Geography Description | Brazil | ||
| Uses | Coquilla nutsUse: User: Not defined | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Pharm Soc GB | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 22/08/1983 | Donor Notes | |||
| Collector | Collector No | ||||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | ||||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | See Kew Bulletin 1889, p. 237. Card catalogue source: A. funifera yields Bahia Piassaba fibre which is obtained from the dilated bases of the leaf-stalks. Hard shells of the fruits are used for turnery work, eg. bell-pulls, umbrella handles etc. Mottled d, ark & light brown & take a good polish. | ||||