# occurrence

institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000004896
modified: 2007-01-24 14:31:30.900000
country: Australia
countryCode: AU
locality: Australia, New South Wales
ScientificName: Siphonodon australis
scientificNameAuthorship: Benth.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Celastraceae
genus: Siphonodon
specificEpithet: australis
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  An almost white, firm, close textured timber resembling European Box in appearance and properties. It cuts firmly and sharply and is very suitable for small turnery, carving, inlays, brush backs, ornamental boxes, archery bows, rulers, sets quares, wood engraving, air filters for foam liquid, cuticle or orange sticks and artifical fingers. Unless quarter sawn and seasoned slowly under cover, the timber is liable to warp, split and discolour. It is a medium sized tree usually 50 to 80 ft. high and about 6 ft girth, occurs in the coast brush forests of New South Wales and Queensland from Clarence River to Bundaberg, Queensland. Perfers drier brushes, but is comparatively rare. H = Hard.  W = 49 - 58 lb. per cub. ft.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000048967
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: Jammu-Kashmir, Asia-Tropical, Indian Subcontinent, Kashmir
ScientificName: Centaurium roxburghii
scientificNameAuthorship: (D.Don) Druce
kingdom: Plantae
family: Gentianaceae
genus: Centaurium
specificEpithet: roxburghii
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Local name Chota Chirayta - A very delicate little plant, from 4 to 10 inches high, appearing in cultivated ground after the rains. This year, owing to want of rain, it is very scarce. The root is small and fibrous, sparingly branched ; the stem quadrangular and winged ; lower leaves obovate-oblong, obtuse, those on the stem linear-acuminate ; cymes dichotomous ; flowers bright pink, starlike ; capsules oblong, mucronate, 1/4 of an inch long, dehiscing, 2 celled, covered by the long sepals, and the inflated silver-paper-like tube ofthe corolla. The plant is a good bitter, and may be found useful occasionally when Chiretta is scarce or dear, but from its small size, it is not likely to compete with that drug as a commercial article. Dymock Pharm Journ.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000048968
modified: 2007-04-17 16:59:23.597000
ScientificName: Centaurium erythraea
scientificNameAuthorship: Rafn
kingdom: Plantae
family: Gentianaceae
genus: Centaurium
specificEpithet: erythraea
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  It is very bitter, and is frequently employed by country people as a tonic medicine. The plant grows in dry pastures or on sandy or chalky soil, its pink flowers opening in July and August.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000048976
modified: 2009-10-29 17:24:30.997000
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: Maharashtra, Asia-Tropical, India, (West Berar)
ScientificName: Enicostema axillare
scientificNameAuthorship: (Poir. ex Lam.) A.Raynal
kingdom: Plantae
family: Gentianaceae
genus: Enicostema
specificEpithet: axillare
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  A common weed in cotton fields. Reasons for exhibiting - To show what the cultivator has to contend against in the cultivation of cotton


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000048989
modified: 2014-01-08 14:52:07.867000
country: Japan
countryCode: JP
locality: Japan
ScientificName: Gentiana scabra var. buergeri
scientificNameAuthorship: (Miq.) Maxim. ex Franch. & Sav.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Gentianaceae
genus: Gentiana
specificEpithet: scabra
infraspecificEpithet: buergeri
taxonRank: Variety
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Rew-tang soh (20): Gentiana buergeri Miq. Syn. Rindo, So mokou Zouss. vol. IV. fig. 47; Sasa Rindo, Fr. et Sav. Vol I.p.323; Phonzou Zoufou, vol VIII.p.5. This drug consists of a short rhizome, giving off a number of brown roots about the thickness of a crow quill, and three or four inches long; these are strongly furrowed longitudinally. The transverse section of the rhizome is pale and spongy, the taste bitter and resembles that of gentian in character. It corresponds well with the specimens of 'Gentian' (Lung-tan-ts'au) in the collection of Chinese drugs presented to the Society by Dr Porter-Smith, but does not answer to his description og the drug. He refers it to Gentiana asclepiadea, and other species. G buergeri was, however, identified from the Japanese description in the So moukou Zoussetz by Mr Takemura as being identical with Rew-tang soh. Gentiana buergeri is found in damp grassy places in Japan, and flowers in September and November. The name both in Chinese and Japanese hasthe same meaning, viz, Dragon's-gall-herb, and is given by the Chinese, according to Dr Porter-Smith, to any intensely bitter plant.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000004899
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: India, Assam
ScientificName: Siphonodon celastrineus
scientificNameAuthorship: Griff.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Celastraceae
genus: Siphonodon
specificEpithet: celastrineus
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  From a tree destroyed in the Roy. Bot. Gdn. Calcutta by the cyclone of 1864. Age 54 years.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000048996
modified: 1994-02-08 00:00:00
country: Japan
countryCode: JP
locality: Japan, Asia-Temperate, Eastern Asia
ScientificName: Plantae
kingdom: Plantae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Japanese writing.To-yak (17) Pleurogyne rotata Griseb, (Gentianaceae); Swertia rotata, Thunb. Fl. Jap. P. 115. Syn Senburi, Toyaku; So mokou Zoussetz, vol. IV. f. 54. This small plant, having a slight resemblance to centaury, but with pinkish-white flowers striped with purple, somewhat similar in size and shape to those of Chlora perfoliata; the leaves are linear- lanceolate, about one inch long and two or three lines broad in the middle. The taste is extremely bitter, like that of chiretta, and the odour hardly any. To-yak flowers in October. This plant is interesting botanically on account of the stigma being prolonged downwards over the edges of the base valves of the ovary. The corolla has also at its base little glands terminating in hairs.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049010
modified: 2019-02-06 10:33:43.457000
country: Colombia
countryCode: CO
locality: Cauca, Popayan-Lowland Amazonia Locality revised 2019
ScientificName: Irlbachia
scientificNameAuthorship: Mart.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Gentianaceae
genus: Irlbachia
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  This belongs to the Natural Order Gentianeae and is prepared in Popayara ?? - the tree Cinchona barks. It is occasionally exported. Lindley??. New determination (2019): Chelonanthus sp.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049022
modified: 2006-09-22 15:30:34.220000
country: United States
countryCode: US
locality: North America
ScientificName: Plantae
kingdom: Plantae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Among the many substitutes for quinine this plant is one of the most valuable.  In many cases where quinine and other anti-periodics have proved futile, this remedy has been found very efficacious.  In combination with hydrastis, it has been found an excellent tonic in depraved conditions of the digestive system, increasing the bilary secretions and acting as a stimulant to the excretory organs.  In fevers in combination with gelsemium, and in derangement of the bilary organs in conjunction with leptandrin and podophyllin, it seems to increase the action of those agents.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049031
modified: 2007-01-25 10:16:05.957000
country: Japan
countryCode: JP
locality: Japan, Asia-Temperate, Eastern Asia
ScientificName: Plantae
kingdom: Plantae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  To-Yak  Swertia rotata Thunb. Fl. Jap. p 115.  Syn Senburi, Toyaku; So mokou  Zeussetz. vol. iv. f 54,  Herb Centrury. This is a small plant having a slight resemblance to centaury, but with pinkish white flowers striped with purple, somewhat similar in size and shape to those of Chlora perfoliata; the leaves are linear lanceolate, about 1' long and 2 or 3 lines broad in the middle.  The taste is extremely bitter, like that of chiretta, and the odour hardly any.  To-yak flowers in October.This plant is interesting botanically on account of the stigma being prolonged downwards over the edges of the valves of the ovary.  The corolla has also at its a base little glands terminating in hairs.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049038
modified: 2010-07-05 11:50:44.213000
locality: Southern America, South America
ScientificName: Asclepiadaceae
scientificNameAuthorship: Borkh.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asclepiadaceae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Fairy flowers - the pappus of the seeds of an Asclepiadaceous plant. Imported from South America. Corry, Soper & Co. 10 Finsbury Street.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049042
modified: 2006-09-05 10:35:56.373000
country: Argentina
countryCode: AR
locality: Argentina, Southern America, Southern South America
ScientificName: Asclepiadaceae
scientificNameAuthorship: Borkh.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asclepiadaceae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  (Letter 23, 1919:XII.p.126) Food Production Dept. 38923/T. 'Sacha' plant grown in Argentina. The anatomy of the stem shows that the plant is one of the Apocynaceae or Asclepiadaceae. Should a more definite determination be obtained, a further report will be made. L.A.B. 1.2.19. See Bd. of Agric. Cover for copy of Memo to Director 3.11.19.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049049
country: Samoa
countryCode: WS
locality: Samoa, Pacific, Southwestern Pacific
ScientificName: Fagraea
scientificNameAuthorship: Thunb.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Gentianaceae
genus: Fagraea
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Root and leaves intensely bitter. Wood Hard.  The fruit of a large tree - some 30' high.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049063
locality: South America, Southern America
ScientificName: Strychnos guianensis
scientificNameAuthorship: (Aubl.) Mart.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Loganiaceae
genus: Strychnos
specificEpithet: guianensis
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  F.D. 2620 BK XXII p. 19 Sandwith. A form of S guianensis of Sandwiths letter Nov. 4th 1938. Par ?Dose Frogs 0.01g bark pwd?.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049070
modified: 2003-07-30 10:43:38.930000
country: BU
countryCode: BU
locality: Burma, Asia-Tropical, Indo-China, Upper Burma
ScientificName: Gelsemium elegans
scientificNameAuthorship: (Gardner & Champ.) Benth.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Gelsemiaceae
genus: Gelsemium
specificEpithet: elegans
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  cf Report by the analytical Dept of the Govt Cent Hosp, Hong Kong, Jan 1885. also Pharm Journ 1887 vol 17  3rd series p 924. CB Smales Upper Burma 1902.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049073
modified: 2007-01-17 12:03:22.407000
country: Hong Kong
countryCode: HK
locality: Hong Kong, Asia-Temperate, China, China Southeast
ScientificName: Strychnos angustiflora
scientificNameAuthorship: Benth.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Loganiaceae
genus: Strychnos
specificEpithet: angustiflora
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Common on hills of low altitude.  Extract from letter WJ Tutcher Supt, Bot and Forestry Dept,  Dated 26 July 1917, to Asst Director (See letter 445, 1917, xii p28).


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049084
modified: 2003-07-30 10:55:03.873000
recordedBy: Hervey DFA
country: Malaysia
countryCode: MY
locality: Peninsular Malaysia, Asia-Tropical, Malesia, Malacca
eventDate: 1892-03-01 00:00:00.0000000
verbatimEventDate: 00/03/1892
identifiedBy: Hill AW
ScientificName: Strychnos ignatii
scientificNameAuthorship: Bergius
kingdom: Plantae
family: Loganiaceae
genus: Strychnos
specificEpithet: ignatii
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Buah Besam ? One fruit of Ipoh Batang. From the name a creeper but Mr Kelly? DFAH- says it is Strychnos tieute.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049087
modified: 2007-01-17 12:04:16.327000
country: Australia
countryCode: AU
locality: Northern Territory, Australasia, Australia, Port Darwin
ScientificName: Strychnos lucida
scientificNameAuthorship: R.Br.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Loganiaceae
genus: Strychnos
specificEpithet: lucida
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  These seeds where picked from the ground having been voided by birds or flying foxes who are extremely fond of the fruit which they eat and void the seeds.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000004909
modified: 2006-07-27 14:24:37.537000
country: Australia
countryCode: AU
locality: Australia, Queensland
ScientificName: Alphitonia excelsa
scientificNameAuthorship: (Fenzl) Reissek ex Benth.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Rhamnaceae
genus: Alphitonia
specificEpithet: excelsa
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Tree 45 to 50 feet high; 1 to 2 feet diam. Wood hard, close grained and durable, and takes a high polish. It is well adapted for gun stocks.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049091
modified: 2003-07-30 10:58:50.607000
country: Vietnam
countryCode: VN
locality: Vietnam, Asia-Tropical, Indo-China, Bienho, (Cochin China)
ScientificName: Strychnos nux-vomica
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Loganiaceae
genus: Strychnos
specificEpithet: nux-vomica
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Plantes de L'indochine. Grains de Strychnos nux-vomica L. noix vomique. Cochin chine: cantomement forestier de Bienhoa. Mars 1919.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049093
modified: 2003-07-30 10:59:07.603000
country: BU
countryCode: BU
locality: Burma, Asia-Tropical, Indo-China
ScientificName: Strychnos nux-blanda
scientificNameAuthorship: A.W.Hill
kingdom: Plantae
family: Loganiaceae
genus: Strychnos
specificEpithet: nux-blanda
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Imp. Inst Scientific Dept. (Imp. Inst. 9.VII.17. see letter 259, 1917:XI.p.170) J.H.H.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049096
modified: 2003-07-30 10:59:34.243000
country: Brazil
countryCode: BR
locality: Amazonas, Southern America, Brazil, Brazil North, Manaus
ScientificName: Strychnos rondeletioides
scientificNameAuthorship: Spruce ex Benth.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Loganiaceae
genus: Strychnos
specificEpithet: rondeletioides
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Garden No. 26 V 33. 517/33. 33 Seeds sent from Manaos, Brazil to Curator of Museum . JHH.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049100
modified: 2003-07-30 11:00:34.933000
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: Tamil Nadu, Asia-Tropical, Indian Subcontinent, India, Madras
ScientificName: Strychnos potatorum
scientificNameAuthorship: L.f.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Loganiaceae
genus: Strychnos
specificEpithet: potatorum
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Letter 91, 1921:XIX.p.77 Dr J H Henry. Seeds received from Madras under the name of Chilbinjee seeds. 9.3.21.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049101
modified: 2003-07-30 11:00:43.367000
country: Vietnam
countryCode: VN
locality: Vietnam, Asia-Tropical, Indo-China, Annam, Bangoi
ScientificName: Strychnos nux-vomica
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Loganiaceae
genus: Strychnos
specificEpithet: nux-vomica
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Aug Chevalier. Plantes de L'indochine. Noix vomique. Annam: region forestier de Bangoi.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049107
modified: 2003-07-30 11:01:35.267000
country: Vietnam
countryCode: VN
locality: Vietnam, Asia-Tropical, Indo-China, (Cochin China), Saigon
ScientificName: Strychnos nux-vomica
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Loganiaceae
genus: Strychnos
specificEpithet: nux-vomica
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Obtained from a Chinese Exporter, Saigon, sent by HM Consul Saigon, Dec 15. (See letter 447, 1917, xii p29)


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049108
modified: 2007-01-17 12:04:44.117000
country: Trinidad and Tobago
countryCode: TT
locality: Trinidad, Southern America, Caribbean, Botanic Garden
ScientificName: Strychnos nux-vomica
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Loganiaceae
genus: Strychnos
specificEpithet: nux-vomica
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  A sample of these seeds were sent to Messrs Burgoyne Burbidges & Co, of 16 Coleman St EC, who report that they would realize 10/6 per cwt, less discount of 2.5%.  April 23rd, 1887.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049114
modified: 2007-01-17 12:05:09.823000
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: India, Asia-Tropical, Indian Subcontinent
ScientificName: Strychnos potatorum
scientificNameAuthorship: L.f.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Loganiaceae
genus: Strychnos
specificEpithet: potatorum
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Collection of indigenous drugs, by Asst. Surgeon, Kanny Loll Dey, Rai Bahadoor, Campbell Medical School, Calcutta


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049118
modified: 2003-07-30 11:06:30.813000
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: India, Asia-Tropical, Indian subcontinent
ScientificName: Strychnos potatorum
scientificNameAuthorship: L.f.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Loganiaceae
genus: Strychnos
specificEpithet: potatorum
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Said to have a small quantity of pulp, pericarp or testa of the seeds.   Duk- Chil-binj-Ka-Magha.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049129
modified: 2024-08-23 15:22:14.620000
country: Guyana
countryCode: GY
locality: Guyana, South America, Northern South America
ScientificName: Strychnos toxifera
scientificNameAuthorship: R.H.Schomb. ex Lindl.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Loganiaceae
genus: Strychnos
specificEpithet: toxifera
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Georgetown, British Guiana. Label source:  Calabash of ourali (Curare) as kept on hand by the Macusi ? Indians (the chief makers of the poison) of B. Guiana. E F im Thum. 62.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049138
modified: 2003-07-30 11:10:25.933000
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: Kerala, Asia-Tropical, Indian Subcontinent, India, Travancore
eventDate: 1896-09-01 00:00:00.0000000
verbatimEventDate: 00/09/1896
ScientificName: Strychnos wallichiana
scientificNameAuthorship: Steud. ex A.DC.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Loganiaceae
genus: Strychnos
specificEpithet: wallichiana
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  ex Herb. Hort. Reg. Kew. There were 16 large seeds and 1 small seed in this fruit. Piece of fruit wall and 2 seeds placed with specimen in Herbarium. A.W.H.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049140
modified: 2024-10-21 17:03:00.810000
country: Colombia
countryCode: CO
locality: Antioquia Locality revised 2019
ScientificName: Loganiaceae
scientificNameAuthorship: R.Br. ex Mart.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Loganiaceae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Portions of stem of a Bignoniaceous plant, the juice of which is used for hardening Curare Poison. New determination (2019): Bignoniaceae


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049156
modified: 2007-01-17 12:06:01.027000
country: Malaysia
countryCode: MY
locality: Peninsular Malaysia, Asia-Tropical, Malesia, Perak, Batang Padang
ScientificName: Strychnos vanprukii
scientificNameAuthorship: Craib
kingdom: Plantae
family: Loganiaceae
genus: Strychnos
specificEpithet: vanprukii
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  An extract of the root is used in the composition of Ipoh poison.  Ex herb Hort Red Kew.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049163
modified: 2019-05-15 12:51:53.273000
country: Malaysia
countryCode: MY
locality: Malesia, Asia-Tropical, Batang Padang
ScientificName: Strychnos maingayi
scientificNameAuthorship: C.B.Clarke
kingdom: Plantae
family: Loganiaceae
genus: Strychnos
specificEpithet: maingayi
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Quiver with darts poisoned with either Lampong or Prual (Sakai) No. 38 Entry-book source:  From a collection demonstrating the preparation of Ipoh poison  15/05/2019 JA. Now divided between two boxes, small quiver conserved at UCL 2012 in one box, large quiver unconserved in a second box. B1


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049164
modified: 2024-08-23 15:22:27.870000
locality: Southern America, South America
ScientificName: Loganiaceae
scientificNameAuthorship: R.Br. ex Mart.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Loganiaceae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Basket employed by South American Indians for carrying wild cotton used for wrapping round blow-pipe darts or arrows poisoned with curare (strychnos). See Waterstones account. Label source:  From National Institute for Medical Research, (Medical Research Council) Hampstead N.W.3.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049166
modified: 2007-01-17 12:50:59.130000
country: Sri Lanka
countryCode: LK
locality: Sri Lanka, Asia-Tropical, Indian Subcontinent, (Ceylon)
ScientificName: Strychnos
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Loganiaceae
genus: Strychnos
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Spoon used by fishers to throw away the water from the boat called in native term Na diya elloowa ? made of Strychnos sp.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049169
modified: 2007-01-17 12:51:22.863000
country: Sri Lanka
countryCode: LK
locality: Sri Lanka, Asia-Tropical, Indian Subcontinent
ScientificName: Strychnos
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Loganiaceae
genus: Strychnos
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Spoon use by fishers for wetting the sails of the boat - called in native term Diya alloowa - made of Strychnos.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049177
modified: 2024-10-21 17:03:00.807000
country: Brazil
countryCode: BR
locality: Brazil, Southern America
ScientificName: Plantae
kingdom: Plantae
occurrenceRemarks:
Opuscular source:  Letter from Mappin Stores (Brazil) Ltd, 9-10 Savile Row London 18 May 1938: To: The Curator, Pharm Soc GB. 17 Bloomsbury Square W.C. 1. Dear Sir, I am over on a visit from Brazil, and before leaving Sao Paulo I was approached by a friend of mine who is deeply interested in fostering the native talent of the Brazilian Indians in the unexplored regions of the States of Matto Grosso, Para and Amazonas, and together with a small body of enthusiastic countrymen of his, they are apparently making considerable headway in becoming friendly with these uncultured tribes and in studying their native habits and their ways of life generally. My friend handed me a small pot containing what I understand is a very precious compound, namely CURARE.  This poison which the Indians use on the points of their arrows - has so far, I believe, not been analysed, nor the composition of same fully understoon.  I enclose  a translation I made of an article which appeared in the local Daily of Sao Paulo on 13th of last month.  Yours truly, WR Dawson.  (See translation below) Label source:  Research work done by the Brazilian scientist, Paulo Carneiro, in Paris. The Brazilian scientist Snr Paulo Berrido Carneiro, interviewed by a rep of the Globe of Paris with regard to his discovery said.  'My researches have been partly guided by the vegetal richness, of the flora of the amazon.  Some few years ago I was able to determine the composition of Guarana and of the plant which produces it 'paullinea cupana'. Invited by the Institute Pasteur of Paris to continue my analysis, I studied active principles of Curare. I was able to study diff sps of Strychnos and various samples of Curare.  Apart from the interest which this product bears to the puysiology of the muscular nervous system, it holds interesting possibilities in the therapeutic application.  It was only after a long series of investigations that I was able to separate the 2 new alcaloides, which I am calling Strychnov and curaletaline, both of which are presentin samples of curare, and estrychnos lethalis, collected by Barbosa Rodrigues in the Amazonas.  In my note to the Academy of Scientists in Paris and in the memorial which I sent to the Chemical Soc of France, I fully gave the technical particulars resulting from my long study.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049179
modified: 2005-05-20 10:26:05.833000
recordedBy: Kirk Dr
country: Angola
countryCode: AO
locality: Angola, Africa, South Tropical Africa
ScientificName: Strychnos spinosa
scientificNameAuthorship: Lam.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Loganiaceae
genus: Strychnos
specificEpithet: spinosa
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Three fruits.  No 3 - Maboca - edulis.  arbor.  Angola - Golungo Alto S Africa - Estable - P Natal.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049185
modified: 2007-01-17 12:51:45.650000
country: Angola
countryCode: AO
locality: Angola, Africa, South Tropical Africa, Golungo Alto
ScientificName: Strychnos spinosa
scientificNameAuthorship: Lam.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Loganiaceae
genus: Strychnos
specificEpithet: spinosa
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Four fruits - Some donated by Welwitsch; others from Sir J D Hooker, and collected in Natal.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049194
modified: 2007-01-17 12:52:48.187000
ScientificName: Anthocleista madagascariensis
scientificNameAuthorship: Baker
kingdom: Plantae
family: Gentianaceae
genus: Anthocleista
specificEpithet: madagascariensis
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Landemo or Tendemilahy - The fruits of A. madagascariensis Baker (Journ. Bot. June 1882 p. 173). These are small ovate fruits, with a dark brown wrinkled surface. A transverse section shows the fruit to be four-celled, the walls being softand spongy. The taste is pleasantly bitter. The fruits are about the size of a hazel nut, but when mature are stated by Baker to be 1 1/4 inch long. These, as well as the leaves, are used in malarial fever.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049197
modified: 2003-07-30 15:01:08.343000
ScientificName: Strychnos
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Loganiaceae
genus: Strychnos
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Strychnos M'boundu. See Comptes Rendus July & Dec 1870. Rabutean & Peyne Vol 71 p. 353. Also P.J. Sept 1870 (3) vol. 1.p. 187 and Guy Burrows 'Land of the Pigmies' pp.74 to 5 75 and 185-186.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049199
modified: 2005-04-18 17:11:28
country: Jamaica
countryCode: JM
locality: Jamaica, Southern America, Caribbean
ScientificName: Asclepias curassavica
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Asclepias
specificEpithet: curassavica
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  False ipecacuanha. Exhibitor: Botanical Dept. Local name Kurki. Common in gardens, and in some places has run wild. It has a woody branching root, with light brown bark and numerous fibres, wood white, bark thin. When fresh it exudes a milky juice. The taste is bitter and somewhat acrid. A section of the root bark placed under the microscope shows from without inwards, 1st, a tuberous layer; 2nd, several rows of large cells containing conglomerate raphides, with starch and granular matter;3rd, a vascular zone, two or three large dotted vessels being situated at the cambium end of each medullary ray where it projects into the bark.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049202
modified: 2006-12-01 15:15:10.610000
country: United Kingdom
countryCode: GB
locality: Great Britain, Europe, Northern Europe, Scotland, Blairgowrie
ScientificName: Asclepias incarnata
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Asclepias
specificEpithet: incarnata
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Sample from Ministry of Agric file T.G. 750 7A 14.3.31. See copy in artificial cotton cover. Swamp milkweed J.H.H.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049204
modified: 2006-12-01 15:12:50.483000
country: South Africa
countryCode: ZA
locality: Natal, Africa, Southern Africa
ScientificName: Gomphocarpus physocarpus
scientificNameAuthorship: E.Mey.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Gomphocarpus
specificEpithet: physocarpus
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Report of Ide & Christie on Gomphocarpus physocarpus?  Imperfectly cleaned, in present state only available for cordage as an adulterant of Manila or other white hemps.  Strength disappointing compared with manila.  Estimated value on its present form 15 pounds per ton, but might be improved by proper cleaning by 75 or 100%.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049205
modified: 2007-05-15 17:28:20.117000
country: United States
countryCode: US
locality: Michigan, Northern America, Northeastern USA, Saginaw Valley
ScientificName: Asclepias incarnata
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Asclepias
specificEpithet: incarnata
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Prepared in 1914 by Sidney Smith Boyce, from plants growing in Saginaw Valley.  Decorticated but not degummed. Another sample in envelope degummed by Boyce's secret process supposed to be soap and water. Opuscular source:  See letters in Asclepiadaceae cover.  Extract of letter to Director. From Dewey at US Dept of Agric, Bureau of Plant Industry, June 14. 1929. I am forwarding to you a sample of fibre of the swamp milkweed, Asclepias incarnata, which Mr Boyce called ozone fibre, and also a small sample of the so called Indian Hemp Apreynum cannabinum.  The fibre A. incarnata, did not spin well in the spinning machinery now used.  The fibres did not cling together as do those of cotton hemp flax, and after a few unsuccessful trials the spinners lost interest.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049213
modified: 2006-11-28 15:52:16.443000
country: South Africa
countryCode: ZA
locality: Natal, Africa, Southern Africa
ScientificName: Gomphocarpus physocarpus
scientificNameAuthorship: E.Mey.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Gomphocarpus
specificEpithet: physocarpus
occurrenceRemarks:
Opuscular source:  Letter 718, 1911 Book vii p 84.  We beg to express our best thanks for your note of yesterday and extract from Mr Dodges catalogue of fibre plants.  We find this fibre from the commercial point of view, somewhat variable in strengh probably the result of over treatment in preparation.  There is no doubt that there is a future for it and we are suggesting to our Natal correspondent to send over a few tons for actual use by the spinners. From sp in Herb Kew 25.v.14. Herb Hook. 1867.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049218
modified: 2006-11-28 15:57:37.387000
country: South Africa
countryCode: ZA
locality: Transvaal, Africa, Southern Africa
ScientificName: Asclepias stellifera
scientificNameAuthorship: Schltr.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Asclepias
specificEpithet: stellifera
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  To His Excellency, The Rt.Hon The Earl of Selborne, H.B.M. High Commissioner for South Africa, Johannesburg. Collection of Rubber Plant Specimens, referred to in Mr J. Ivens Ferraz letter of 25/09/1908. From Government Botanist, Pretoria 1. Piece of dry root, showing filaments of rubber. 2. Rubber extracted from a similar piece (1), after maceration (notice enormous proportion of rubber. 3. Ball of rubber extracted by maceration (much spoiled by allowing mildew to form). 4. Pods and seeds.5. Last seasons seeds for experiments in planting now. 6. Root and plant in flower, freshly collected. (This is only part of one root, growing vertically and widening with depth). 7. Most important sample - drop of latex from laceration in sample 6. coagulated into pure healthy rubber on the 25.9.08.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049219
modified: 2007-07-06 12:22:50.913000
country: Uganda
countryCode: UG
locality: Uganda, Africa, East Tropical Africa
ScientificName: Gomphocarpus semilunatus
scientificNameAuthorship: A.Rich.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Gomphocarpus
specificEpithet: semilunatus
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  See letter 265 Oct. 3. 1906 Mr M T Dawe to Director Reported on in Bull. Imp. Inst. Vol III. No.4 p.316.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049229
modified: 2007-07-23 14:32:57.243000
ScientificName: Asclepias tuberosa
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Asclepias
specificEpithet: tuberosa
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  9 Bales Pleurisy Root at per lb. Lying at London Dock No. 2 Warehouse. Ex Mahopac 22/3535.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049232
modified: 2012-09-27 17:00:17.373000
country: Indonesia
countryCode: ID
locality: Jawa, Asia-Tropical, Malesia
ScientificName: Calotropis gigantea
scientificNameAuthorship: (L.) W.T.Aiton
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Calotropis
specificEpithet: gigantea
occurrenceRemarks:
Opuscular source:  (Letter 215, 1914:IX.p.76) 11/05/1914, Messrs Dunlop Brothers & Co. Acknowledge the receipt of their letter of the 8th instant, and in reply to say that the sample of 'Silk Cotton' submitted for identification appears to be 'Mudar Floss' a seed hair fibre obtained from Calotropis gigantea. Some particulars of this plant are given in 'The Commercial Products of India', by Sir G. Watt, pp.205-208 (Mr John Murray, Albemarle Street, London, 1908). Java. Opuscular source:  ' We thank you for the information you have sent us, but the only difficulty with us is that in our long experience of silk cotton, we make a slight difference between the sample which we sent to you ant the sample of silk cotton received from India, and were rather of the opinion that they did not come from the same plant, or even from the same family. The sample which we sent to you gives us the idea of being a much more favourable cotton to spin, but we are probably wrong in our views, and we again tender our warmest thanks for your kind reply'. (Dunlop Brothers & Co. 49 Fenchurch Street, London May 12th 1914 to Director.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049233
modified: 2006-11-13 16:28:17.947000
ScientificName: Asclepias incarnata
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Asclepias
specificEpithet: incarnata
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Samples of artificial cotton (wood, fibre, & fabric) brought by Prof. Moriondi. The wood (piece of stem) is from a plant belonging to the Asclepiadaceae or Apocynaceae, perhaps the same species as the stem previously examined at Kew in connection with artificial cotton, and thought to be Asclepias incarnata. The fibre is probably from the same plant as the wood, bur the fabric has been made, either entirely or chiefly of cotton. L.A.B. 29.7.29. See Memo submitted to Asst. Director 29.VII.29. in Asclepiadaceae cover J.H.H.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049234
modified: 2006-11-13 16:34:41.577000
ScientificName: Asclepias incarnata
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Asclepias
specificEpithet: incarnata
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Samples of fibre and stem of English Artificial Cotton brought to Kew by Mr GHE Parr, Ministry of Commerce Northern Ireland. July 1929. Identified by Mr Boodle as possibly Asclepias incarnata see letter, Asst. Director, Kew, July 27 1929 and Mr Parrs reply 10 Aug 1929; to be returned at any time on request. J.H.H.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049236
modified: 2006-11-13 16:29:43.817000
country: United Kingdom
countryCode: GB
locality: Great Britain, Europe, Northern Europe, Suffolk, Banacre, Estate of JS Gorch ?
ScientificName: Asclepias incarnata
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Asclepias
specificEpithet: incarnata
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Erbifex plant, dry stem natural and dyed fibre and 2 photos of Erbifex (The photos were missing at time of cataloguing).


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049238
modified: 2006-11-13 16:34:54.860000
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: Maharashtra, Asia-Tropical, Indian Subcontinent, India, Berar
ScientificName: Calotropis gigantea
scientificNameAuthorship: (L.) W.T.Aiton
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Calotropis
specificEpithet: gigantea
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  British India 86. Wun Division, Berar. Exhibitor: Divisional Forest Officer. No. 274 DD Cat. p.35.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049248
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: Uttar Pradesh, Asia-Tropical, Indian Subcontinent, India, Saharanpur
ScientificName: Calotropis procera
scientificNameAuthorship: (Aiton) W.T.Aiton
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Calotropis
specificEpithet: procera
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Presented by the Reporter on Economic Products to the Government of India. Saharanpur, United Provinces. Registration No. 7691.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000004925
recordNumber: 360
modified: 2006-08-01 16:46:55.747000
recordedBy: Iltis Hugh H, Iltis Frantz, Koeppen Robert
country: Mexico
countryCode: MX
locality: Mexico, Michoacam
eventDate: 1960-07-23 00:00:00.0000000
verbatimEventDate: 23/07/1960
identifiedBy: R.McVaugh
ScientificName: Ceanothus caeruleus
scientificNameAuthorship: Lag.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Rhamnaceae
genus: Ceanothus
specificEpithet: caeruleus
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Map included with wood. Flowers light blue shrubs to 2.5 m. tall grazed hillside in full sun. Open Quercus-Pinus-Madrona forest with tussock grasses ('sacatonal') on steep, red clay, S-facing slope. Along highway from Morelia to Guadalajara, about 10 km E of Quirago, top of divide (near Km. 375) ca 2300m. MAOW 21935.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049250
modified: 2006-11-27 17:03:05.400000
country: Kenya
countryCode: KE
locality: Kenya, Africa, East Tropical Africa
ScientificName: Calotropis procera
scientificNameAuthorship: (Aiton) W.T.Aiton
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Calotropis
specificEpithet: procera
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  From A.M.D. M.607-32 Limorn Kenya (letter dated June 23, 1932) to Mr Gilmour. Collected about 150 miles from here (Limorn) where it was growing wild all over the place. Drawing about 8-15 feet in height, large round grey green leaves with dark veins. To Herbarium for verification and particulars given to Mr Gilmour. J.H.H.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049255
modified: 2006-11-27 16:52:54.043000
country: Portugal
countryCode: PT
locality: Madeira, Africa, Macronesia
ScientificName: Calotropis gigantea
scientificNameAuthorship: (L.) W.T.Aiton
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Calotropis
specificEpithet: gigantea
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Calotropis or Mudar (1,4). The root bark of Calotropis procera, R. Brown, and of C. gigantea, R. Brown, freed from the outer corky layer. Bitter, tonic, emetic. Contains an acid resin, a crystalline body named madaralban.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049261
modified: 2025-08-04 16:41:58.310000
country: Ethiopia
countryCode: ET
locality: Ethiopia, Africa, Northeast Tropical Africa, Eritrea
ScientificName: Calotropis procera
scientificNameAuthorship: (Aiton) W.T.Aiton
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Calotropis
specificEpithet: procera
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Ghindei. Note to Sir David Prain, RBG Kew: 'I am sending a small sample of a very soft silk floss which has been sent to me from Italy, produced in Eritrea where they call it 'Ghandei'. In appearance it is like Kapoc, but is more glossy. Ishould be glad if you can identify it' (Extract from letter 14, 1919:XII. p.184 A Wigglesworth 82, Fenchurch St London E.C. to Director 15 Jan 1919. A tube containing a few seeds.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049264
modified: 2006-07-17 17:09:01.020000
country: Pakistan
countryCode: PK
locality: Pakistan, Asia-Tropical, Indian Subcontinent
ScientificName: Calotropis procera
scientificNameAuthorship: (Aiton) W.T.Aiton
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Calotropis
specificEpithet: procera
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Sample sent to Ide and Christy for report. Oct. 18. 1890. F.C. Constable Esq. ' a new fibre from Sind. Plant not known. Large quantities can be easily raised in Sind.' After Hydrolysis ? ? methol. Cellulose 70 % Ultimate fibre length 21 mm? Rec'd. Oct 29 1890. Reported upon by Ide & Christy 20th Oct 1890: Quite a novelty and hence difficult to isolate. Commercially it would certainly find buyers in our market. It would be advisable that ??? shipment of 10 - 15 tons be made. It might command anything from 15 to 28 pounds sterling per ton in London. Might ? ? compete with Italian Hemp.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049265
modified: 2010-06-08 16:01:20.677000
ScientificName: Calotropis
scientificNameAuthorship: R.Br.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Calotropis
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  From a bale valued at 5.5d per lb. From Leoline Edwards 81 St Margarets Road, Twickenham, London S.W. 14th July 1916. Reg. Trade Mark 'Quidos'. To Mr Holland, The Museum, Kew Gardens: Dear Sir, as promised I have much pleasure in sending you a small sample out the bale of akund purchased by me on the open market at a cost of 5.5d per lb. I have used it for stuffing military sleeping bags of my own special design, I have as well made tests of it for buoyancy and find it particularly good. Regarding the floss Asclepias fruticosa about which we had a talk I have been making some tests it is peculiar in giving a faint yellow colour to water are much the same as the kapoks, Bombax, & Akund but it is much inferior to these in buoyancy. Thanking you for your kind attention. Leoline Edwards. Thanks Herewith J.H.H.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049267
modified: 2013-04-12 14:56:23.207000
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: India, Sindh
ScientificName: Calotropis procera
scientificNameAuthorship: (Aiton) W.T.Aiton
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Calotropis
specificEpithet: procera
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Fibre from the stem of C. sp. Part of fishing net made of the fibre. G W Ryan? Camp via Karachi 25 Nov. 1911. Opuscular source:  Memo re: Calotropis procera presented by Dr G Henderson, Orford, Kent. Coll in India. I forward today to show at some meeting, specimens of a Calotropis which grows in desert ground all over India and produces a most valuable fibre, the milky juice has been tried for a sort of rubber, and the pods produce a fibre like cotton. I am indedted to Mrs Young's husband lately Commissioner for Sind and to the officers of the Sind Forest Dept. for these specimens. I obtained them at the request of a firm interested in fibres. The two or three species of Calotropis grow in the hottest and most arid deserts, all over India.The plants come to maturity in one year but are perennial. Neither camels or goats will eat the leaves unless very very hungry. At page 307 (near the bottom) of Forbes Royles? Fibrous Plants of India you will find it stated that the plant thrives in dry sand. The specimens include:- the dried plants (not rec'd. at Museum J.M.H. 19.XI.15) - Fishing nets made from stem fibre - cotton from the pod - fibre from the stem. I suggested to the Young husband that he should make an experimental plantation closely planted so as to get long straight stems, and see if the fibre could not be cleaned by some of the machines now used in East Africa for cleaning Sisal fibre and also New Zealand flax. The fibres said to be one of the strongest known, and the only objectionto it is the difficulty of extracting  it which has hither to been done by hand, without any machinery. After showing the specimens please forward them to Kew with this letter unless you wish to dispose of them otherwise. (Letter Dr G Henderson, Orford, Kent, April 27, 1915 to the Sec. Linnean Society.)


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049268
modified: 2006-07-17 17:10:29.297000
ScientificName: Calotropis procera
scientificNameAuthorship: (Aiton) W.T.Aiton
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Calotropis
specificEpithet: procera
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Arabic writing. Silky fibre which envelopes the seeds. This plant is the Ashorr or Oshoor of the Arabians, and by some is supposed to be the Apple of Sodom.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000004927
modified: 2006-08-01 16:54:40.867000
country: Trinidad and Tobago
countryCode: TT
locality: Island of S.Trinidad
identifiedBy: R Gale
ScientificName: Colubrina
scientificNameAuthorship: Rich. ex Brongn.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Rhamnaceae
genus: Colubrina
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Previously labelled Eugenia sp. From dead forest of South Trinidad. Examined by Mr. Boodle in 1909 who thought there was little chance determining the specimen. Quote - ' From the structure of the specimen it appears possible that it may be the wood of a species of Eugenia. It might be referred to Mr. Gamble for his opinion.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049276
modified: 2006-11-10 16:21:35.230000
country: Pakistan
countryCode: PK
locality: Pakistan, Asia-Tropical, Indian Subcontinent, Lahore
ScientificName: Calotropis gigantea
scientificNameAuthorship: (L.) W.T.Aiton
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Calotropis
specificEpithet: gigantea
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Class IV Fibre. Mudar or Yercum Fibre obtained from the inner bark of the young branches of Calotropis gigantea Br. a plant common in waste places in India. This fibre is very strong bearing a greater strain than Russian hemp, and it is much used by the natives for cordage. The plant has also reputed medicinal properties.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049279
modified: 2006-11-10 16:18:34.740000
country: Madagascar
countryCode: MG
locality: Madagascar, Africa, Western Indian Ocean
ScientificName: Cryptostegia grandiflora
scientificNameAuthorship: Roxb. ex R.Br.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Cryptostegia
specificEpithet: grandiflora
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  A very handsome spreading shrub. There are a few specimens of this plant in the Bot. Gardens Mauritius. It has grown from seed in the Admin ? House ? but not readily. W.W.P.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049280
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: Punjab, Asia-Tropical, Indian Subcontinent, India, Jhelum
ScientificName: Caralluma aucheriana
scientificNameAuthorship: (Decne.) N.E.Br.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Caralluma
specificEpithet: aucheriana
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Exhibitor: Divisional Forest Officer No. 238 D.D. Cat. p.35. British India Dried stems used in medicine.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049285
modified: 2006-11-30 15:48:55.153000
country: Nigeria
countryCode: NG
locality: Nigeria, Africa, West Tropical Africa, North Nigeria
ScientificName: Cryptolepis sanguinolenta
scientificNameAuthorship: (Lindl.) Schltr.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Cryptolepis
specificEpithet: sanguinolenta
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Root - Hausa gangamau used as dye. J.M. Dalziel. Small packet of root from Lokoto - 16 Dec. 1924 ? Obtained from Dinyadi near Bodinga Dr Moiser. Label source:  20/1929 Dalziel RBG Kew 4/4/29 To Keeper of Museum: Twigs and root of C. triangularis N.E. Br. The root is used as a yellow dye for leather in North Nigeria by the Hausas, see Kew Bull. 1926:230-231. The material was sent by Dr B. Moiser in Dec. 1924; collected in Sokoto Province, N. Nigeria. The Hausa name gangamau includes other yellow dye plants. The plant is growing in the glasshouses under Mr Taylor's case from seeds derived from the same material. J.M.D.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049287
ScientificName: Calotropis gigantea
scientificNameAuthorship: (L.) W.T.Aiton
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Calotropis
specificEpithet: gigantea
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  1. Made entirely of Mudar Floss. 2. One part Cotton, four parts Mudar Floss. 3. Half Cotton, half Mudar Floss.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049294
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: India, Asia-Tropical, Indian Subcontinent
ScientificName: Cynanchum
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Cynanchum
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Gardens entry 240 - 1934.  W Hackett. W Hackett to Mr Dallimore, Bot Garden, Liverpool specimen for name.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049296
modified: 2007-01-24 12:21:36.520000
country: South Africa
countryCode: ZA
locality: South Africa, Africa, Southern Africa
ScientificName: Plantae
kingdom: Plantae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  This plant grows as a small bush, to the ht of from 18ins to 5 ft,  sending out its stems in long and thin whips with small branches.  It apparently dies off during the cold weather from April to July. It is undoubtedly derived from seed, the pods of the plant containing a fluffy spiked, grass-like seed.  The flower is very small and yellow in colour. The nature of the soil is sandy, and in some cases as around this farm, a dark chocolate sandy loam overlying granite with a good deal of iron in it.  Country is undulating, rising from 3000 ft to 4000 ft.  I have not noticed the plant above 4000 ft, but have seen it as low as 2000 ft.   (Extr. from letter AT Millar Asst Sec the Brit Sth Africa Co, 2 London Wall Buildings, EC. to Director April 1908.)


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049298
country: South Africa
countryCode: ZA
locality: South Africa, Africa
ScientificName: Cynanchum virens
scientificNameAuthorship: (E.Mey.) D.Dietr.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Cynanchum
specificEpithet: virens
occurrenceRemarks:
Opuscular source:  Specimen  4999/20 from S Africa appears to be the fruit of a sp of Cynanchum nr C virens.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000004930
modified: 2006-08-16 17:14:14.447000
country: Brazil
countryCode: BR
locality: Brazil, Jacuhy
ScientificName: Colubrina ruffa
scientificNameAuthorship: (Vell.) Reissek
kingdom: Plantae
family: Rhamnaceae
genus: Colubrina
specificEpithet: ruffa
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Ship-building, vehicles, posts in wet soil, bridge timber, railway sleepers first rate, last 12 years.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049302
recordNumber: 102
modified: 2005-06-16 15:32:17.507000
country: Zambia
countryCode: ZM
locality: Zambia, Africa, South Tropical Africa, Zambesi
eventDate: 1859-04-01 00:00:00.0000000
verbatimEventDate: 00/04/1859
ScientificName: Gomphocarpus
scientificNameAuthorship: R.Br.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Gomphocarpus
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Root of Asclepias used as medicine for pain in the stomach by the Manganjas and other tribes near Morambella. April 1859 River Shire JK


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049318
modified: 1994-09-16 00:00:00
country: Pakistan
countryCode: PK
locality: Pakistan, Asia-Tropical, Indian-Subcontinent, Punjab, Multan
ScientificName: Leptadenia pyrotechnica
scientificNameAuthorship: (Forssk.) Decne.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Leptadenia
specificEpithet: pyrotechnica
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Presented by the Reporter on Economic Products to the Government of India. Registration No. 11531-1. File No. XXII. From Conservator of Forests, Multan.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049323
modified: 1994-09-16 00:00:00
ScientificName: Plantae
kingdom: Plantae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Fibre from the stems and cord made from the same. Prepared by the inmates of the Ceylon Lunatic Asylum.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049327
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: Indian Subcontinent, Asia-Tropical, Bengal
ScientificName: Plantae
kingdom: Plantae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Presented by the Reporter on Economic Products to the Government of India. Fibre treated with dyes. Southal Pergs ? Bengal. Registration No. 160801 File No. 94.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049328
modified: 2008-02-05 14:32:54.870000
country: Zimbabwe
countryCode: ZW
locality: Zimbabwe, Africa, Southern Africa, NW Zimbabwe
ScientificName: Marsdenia
scientificNameAuthorship: R.Br.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Marsdenia
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  H.572/10. Dr Stapf Could this be Chlorocodon whytei J Mist ? 21.3.10. Label source:  Copy of a note from Mr N E Brown: There are no specimens of Chlorocodon with fruit in the Herbarium, but as figured in Wood R Evans, Natal Plants C.31 the fruit is very similar to this pod from the Imperial Institute. The leaves however, do not correspond with our material, and the fruit might equally belong to the genus Marsdenia. See letter 144, 1910.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049329
modified: 2010-03-04 15:43:12.667000
country: Pakistan
countryCode: PK
locality: Pakistan, Asia-Tropical, Indian-Subcontinent, Punjab, Multan
ScientificName: Leptadenia pyrotechnica
scientificNameAuthorship: (Forssk.) Decne.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Leptadenia
specificEpithet: pyrotechnica
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Presented by the Reporter on Economic Products to the Government of India. Registration No. 11531-2 File No. XXII.  Original label read India.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049330
locality: Central Africa, Africa
ScientificName: Mondia whitei
scientificNameAuthorship: (Hook.f.) Skeels
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Mondia
specificEpithet: whitei
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Powdered roots of Mohukona and Mutonga Solanum sp. worn around the neck as a charm to guard the wearer from evil. Label source:  Natives of Ukambo Province B.E. Africa. Dr Galt. See Letter 454/1910.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049335
modified: 2006-05-19 15:33:21.950000
country: South Africa
countryCode: ZA
locality: Natal, Africa, Southern Africa, Port Natal
ScientificName: Mondia whitei
scientificNameAuthorship: (Hook.f.) Skeels
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Mondia
specificEpithet: whitei
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  The Kafirs do not take the root as a dose but chew it for its agreeable aromatic taste.  At the same time it acts as an excellent stomachic.  The natives eat great quantities of the root.  It loses its taste in drying. Letter A B White to Dr Hooker, Port Natal, Sep 25, 1868.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049342
country: Pakistan
countryCode: PK
locality: Pakistan, Asia-Tropical, Indian-Subcontinent, Punjab, Multan
ScientificName: Leptadenia pyrotechnica
scientificNameAuthorship: (Forssk.) Decne.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Leptadenia
specificEpithet: pyrotechnica
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Presented by the Reporter on Economic Products to the Government of India. File No. XXII.  Original label read India.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049347
country: Malawi
countryCode: MW
locality: Malawi, Africa, South Tropical Africa, Zomba
ScientificName: Pergularia daemia
scientificNameAuthorship: (Forssk.) Chiov.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Pergularia
specificEpithet: daemia
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Sample of down from Herbarium specimen No. 113. Dec. 22nd. 1905. See letter 264.1905 K J Cameron to the Director. Fibre from bark.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049349
modified: 2006-07-24 17:20:49.350000
country: South Africa
countryCode: ZA
locality: Transvaal, Africa, Southern Africa, Ermels Road
ScientificName: Pachycarpus rigidus var. tridens
scientificNameAuthorship: E.Mey.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Pachycarpus
specificEpithet: rigidus
infraspecificEpithet: tridens
taxonRank: Variety
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Ermels Road, South of Blesbok Spriut ? Jan 9.1904. This plant is fertilised by insects, mobably by moths, as flies do not seem to be able to get away when once caught in the complicated spring of the pollen apparatus. This specimen has several flies so caught by the flowers.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049350
modified: 2006-05-18 14:42:42.143000
country: South Africa
countryCode: ZA
locality: South Africa, Africa, Southern Africa
ScientificName: Mondia whitei
scientificNameAuthorship: (Hook.f.) Skeels
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Mondia
specificEpithet: whitei
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  M 27, 1933. Dr Metcalfe Specimen of Chlorocodon whitei for comparison J.H.H. Letter 145. 33 reply to March 1933. To Mr Wallis Pharm Soc. The bark agrees with that labelled Chlorocodon whitei fairly well, although there are differences. It may be from the same or a closely related species but I cannot say for certain unless a whole root is sent for comparison. C.R.M. 13.1.33 Reply to Curator Museum Pharm Soc 17 Bloomsbury Square W.C..


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049352
modified: 2007-01-25 09:56:01.650000
country: Kenya
countryCode: KE
locality: Kenya, Africa, East Tropical Africa
ScientificName: Periploca
scientificNameAuthorship: Tourn. ex L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Periploca
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  M. 873-29 Root from Kenya, Director of Imperial Institute (Ref. L745) The specimen has been compared with the root of Chlorodon whitei HK.f. and with that of Periploca linearifolia Dill. & Rich. It shows considerable resemblance to the latter of these, and is probably the root of a sp of Periploca. L.A.B. 24.10.29. Submitted as a source of perfume: the plant occurs abundantly in the neighbourhood of Linuru, Kenya and could be cultivated if required (Extract letter Director Imp. Inst. 21st Oct 1929.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049353
modified: 2007-09-26 11:27:07.963000
country: Kenya
countryCode: KE
locality: Kenya, Africa, East Tropical Africa, Lake Nyanza
ScientificName: Raphionacme
scientificNameAuthorship: Harv.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Raphionacme
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Rubber extracted from one tuber of R. utilis Laboratory Royal Gardens Kew 1908. 1898. See letter 234.1907 Tuber said to yield good rubber. Total rubber extracted from one tuber of R. utilis, amounting to about 17 per cent of the dry-weight of the tuber after extraction of resins etc. in spirit.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049354
country: Nigeria
countryCode: NG
locality: Nigeria, Africa, West Tropical Africa, Sokoto
ScientificName: Periploca
scientificNameAuthorship: Tourn. ex L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Periploca
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Stem and roots of Gangamau (Yellow dye Sokoto). The sample belongs to the Asclepiadaceae or Apocynaceae, and probably to the Asclepiadaceae -Periploceae. L.A.B. 13.2.22.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049355
modified: 2006-05-18 14:45:30.167000
ScientificName: Raphionacme utilis
scientificNameAuthorship: N.E.Br. & Stapf
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Raphionacme
specificEpithet: utilis
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Rubber from one tuber, being 22% of the dry weight of the tuber, excluding substances soluble in spirit (resins etc.).


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049365
modified: 2006-05-22 16:17:06.583000
recordedBy: Rodd Mr
locality: Sahara, Africa, Northern Africa, North West Africa
ScientificName: Solenostemma oleifolium
scientificNameAuthorship: (Nectoux) Bullock & E.A.Bruce ex Maire
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Solenostemma
specificEpithet: oleifolium
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Used as a drug by the Tuaregs in the Sahara.  Forwarded to Kew for identification by Henry, King St, Longon EC I  See letter book XV p 73. Similar curative properties as Agari only more powerful - application on camels only similar.  Maybedrunk or eaten by men as a blood cleaner, has purgative properties and makes the patient drink plenty of water.  Nov 1922.  Found in N Air.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049368
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: Rajasthan, Asia-Tropical, Indian Subcontinent, India, Ajmer
ScientificName: Periploca aphylla
scientificNameAuthorship: Decne.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Periploca
specificEpithet: aphylla
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Exhibitor - Extra Assistant Conservator,  Armer - Merwara Label source:  Label reads Ajmere


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049379
country: United Kingdom
countryCode: GB
locality: Great Britain, Europe, Northern Europe, York, Bishopthorpe, The Palace
ScientificName: Plantae
kingdom: Plantae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Fruited in the stove at the Palace in 1897, Preserved by Archbishop Maclagan, and presented to Kew in 1911


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049383
modified: 2006-07-03 15:35:40.600000
country: South Africa
countryCode: ZA
locality: Cape Province, Africa, Southern Africa, Maclear
ScientificName: Xysmalobium undulatum
scientificNameAuthorship: (L.) W.T.Aiton
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Xysmalobium
specificEpithet: undulatum
occurrenceRemarks:
Opuscular source:  Letter from director to HH Carroll, the Granary, Maclear, EP South Africa, Feb 12, 1927.  Dear sir, I am in receipt of your letter of 18.01, accompanied by plant.  It has a wide distribution throughout S Africa, commonly known as Bitterhout or Bitterworte.  The woody rootstocks are said to have been used medicinally by early settlers.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049386
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: Tamil Nadu, Asia-Tropical, Indian Subcontinent, India, Madras
ScientificName: Tylophora indica
scientificNameAuthorship: (Burm.f.) Merr.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Tylophora
specificEpithet: indica
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Contain the alcaloid tylophorine.  Dose in powder, 0.25  to 2 grains as an expectorant, 15 to 30 grains as an emetic.  An equivalent of Ipecacu??


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049411
modified: 2005-07-04 16:00:22.380000
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: India, Asia-Tropical, Indian Subcontinent, Maharashtra, Poona, Botanical Gardens
ScientificName: Asclepias curassavica
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Asclepias
specificEpithet: curassavica
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Common in gardens, and in some places has run wild. It has a woody branching root, with light brown bark and numerous fibres, wood white, bark thin. When fresh it exudes a milky juice. The taste is bitter and somewhat acrid. A section of the root bark placed under the microscopic shows from without inwards, 1st a suberous layer ; 2nd, several rows of lage cells containing conglomerate raphides with starch and granular matter ; 3rd, a vascular zone, two or three large dotted vessels being situated at the cambrium end of each medullary ray where it projects into the bark. Entry-book source:  Imported as ipecacuanha 1877


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049413
modified: 2010-06-01 12:36:35.880000
ScientificName: Plantae
kingdom: Plantae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  A shrubby climbing plant. Upper surface of leaves dark green, shining, under surface pale green; their shape varies from ovate-lanceolate to obovate; the venation is transverse and reticulate with a marginal vein; length between 4 and 5 inches; tastes saltish and acrid. The root is about the size of the little finger or less, not unlike Hemidesmus; it has a tough central wood, and when fresh a soft spongy bark, which is reddish brown and fissured longitudinally; it looses much bulk in drying and becomes loose and transversely fissured; the taste is acrid and saltish; the whole plant abounds in milky juice. Under the microscope the central woody portion of the root is seen to have a radiated structure and to be transversed by large vessels;the extension of the meduallary rays into the bark is distinct; the latter is made up of a thin walled paranchyma, the cells of which contain much starch and tolerably numerous crystalline concretions. There are many laticiferous vessels especially  towards the inner part. The epidermis consists of several layers of flattened cells of a deep reddish brown colour. I am unable to confirm Mr Edgeworth's statement that chewing the plant destroys the power of the tongue to appreciate the taste of sugar. Sugartaken into the mouth after chewing the fresh plant, more especially the root bark, has a saltish taste. The medicinally properties of Gymnema require investigation.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049422
modified: 2003-07-30 12:20:19.660000
ScientificName: Strychnos nux-vomica
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Loganiaceae
genus: Strychnos
specificEpithet: nux-vomica
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Picked out of a package of anguatura ?? bark at Dublin. Letter Oct 18th 1843 to Dr Pereira, London : My dear sir, I send you according to my promise,a specimen of the false Angustura bark of which I spoke to you. I have some pieces of it much longer, but the two I send you are fair samples of the larger and smaller pieces contained in the chest. We are all very quiet here in the political world, much more so than before the suppression of the Repeal agitation. Illegible words. Yours very sincerely ?? Neligan.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049423
modified: 2003-07-30 12:20:28.847000
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: West Bengal, Asia-Tropical, Indian Subcontinent, India, Calcutta
ScientificName: Strychnos nux-vomica
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Loganiaceae
genus: Strychnos
specificEpithet: nux-vomica
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Sample of 3 tons Calcutta nux-vomica lying at Hull. Sender No. 9162124. Bags marked (diagram).


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049429
country: Zimbabwe
countryCode: ZW
locality: Zimbabwe, Africa, South Tropical Africa, Umtali
identifiedBy: Wallis TE
ScientificName: Mondia whitei
scientificNameAuthorship: (Hook.f.) Skeels
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Mondia
specificEpithet: whitei
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Specimen from Messrs Allen & Hanburys May 1929. Sent from Umtali, South Rhodesia for identification by Mr Buxton. Stated to be mixed by the natives with babies foods. (Mr David Buxton) When fresh roots had strong pleasant odour of cumarin.Label source:  South Rhodesia


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000004946
country: Belize
countryCode: BZ
locality: Belize
ScientificName: Krugiodendron ferreum
scientificNameAuthorship: (Vahl) Urb.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Rhamnaceae
genus: Krugiodendron
specificEpithet: ferreum
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  A tree the woodcutter takes his hat off to or gives it the go-by when he can. The wood takes a shining polish. Height 40 feet, diameter 18 to 20 inches.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049466
ScientificName: Calotropis gigantea
scientificNameAuthorship: (L.) W.T.Aiton
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Calotropis
specificEpithet: gigantea
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Calotropis or Mudar (1, 4) - The root bark of C.procera R.Brown and of C.gigantea R.Brown, freed from the outer corky layer. Bitter, tonic, emetic. Contains an acid resin, a crystalline body named madaralban, a viscid substance named madarfluavil, and caoutchouc. Dose, in ....(missing) 3 to 12 grains as a tonic; 30 to 60 grains as an emetic.


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collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049467
modified: 2003-07-30 12:28:43.927000
ScientificName: Strychnos ignatii
scientificNameAuthorship: Bergius
kingdom: Plantae
family: Loganiaceae
genus: Strychnos
specificEpithet: ignatii
occurrenceRemarks:
Opuscular source:  letter - 6 Fitchfield Terrace, Bejeuts Park NW Feb 7 1880 - Dear Mr Hooker, I have heard from Dr Farre and he informs that he either bought the capsule of St Ignatius Bean off a botanical book seller in Greek Street or Frith Street Soho, but who left this country many years ago, or else he got after the death of Robert Brown. When he died several things were left in drawers and odd places about the house in Soho Square and he got several good fruits from his brother and Dr Farre thinksit was one of these. He quite agrees with me that the Pharm Soc often assisted him in making his collection and as you are now renewing the kindness we shall be quite justified in presenting the capsule to the Pharm Soc. I will take an early opportunity of bringing it to Bloomsbury Square and giving it to your museum. Many thanks and believe me to be yours sincerely yours George Henchow.


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collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049471
modified: 2010-03-01 13:35:47.443000
country: Kenya
countryCode: KE
locality: Kenya
ScientificName: Acokanthera schimperi
scientificNameAuthorship: (A.DC.) Schweinf.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Acokanthera
specificEpithet: schimperi
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Specimens sent by Miss Napier to Major Chipp, letter dated East Africa and Uganda Natural History Soc, Coryndon Memorial Museum, Nairobi, Kenya Colony, July 25 1930 Wagiriama Poison for poaching - Enclosing letter and list from the Game Warden Nairobi of samples of poison trees. 1. Thinga (?) or Uli ya Koch (i.e the tree that pays the hut tax) is generally used by the Warange and Waririama for poaching, this tree grows throughout coastal areas and at Momoni Ketin (?) and is added by Wagiriama ...?... on mangea and with ...?... 2. Tnumbo (?)3. Mugulware - makes the poison very strong and is specially used for elephants. Fatal effects said to be rapid. Extensively hawked along the coast Ketui san and Mariakami, the poison is made duringthe dry season, signed CC MacArthur AGN Copy of memo from the Game Warden Nariobi and Miss Napier Letter See Apocynaceae Cover for copies of letter on methods of preparation of the poison and effect on animals with Miss Napier's letter (M 903.30) JHH Letter M 903. 30 Miss Napier Nairobi  July 25th 1930, ack by Asst Dir 5th Sept 1930 Arrow poison plants - Mumbo and Mugulware not identified flowers & fruit desired. Thwngu - identified as A.schimperi. Identification confirmed by anatomical comparison with museum material. A full account of this poison plant : its natural history, chemistry and Pharacology is given by Prof John R Fraser in Archirps Internationales de Pharmacodynamie Vol 5 fasc 5 & 6 Gamu (?) & Paris 1889 pp 349-423 Illustrated.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049472
modified: 2003-07-29 16:55:29.527000
locality: British East Africa
ScientificName: Plantae
kingdom: Plantae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Bunches immature fruits & wood of A.schimperi recd. from Sir HH Johnston June 22nd 1901 Arrow poison recd from Herb Nov 27th 1901 96.1901 No evidence to show that there two specimens (the poison & the Herb spec.) are the same, they were recd. at the Herb at the same time. 7.vii.09 JHH


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collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049482
recordNumber: 10,269
modified: 2003-07-29 16:57:24.043000
recordedBy: Greenway PG, Garner H
country: Tanzania
countryCode: TZ
locality: Tanganyika, Musoma District
ScientificName: Plantae
kingdom: Plantae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Much used by game poachers in the Musoma district for killing game, probably made from A.schimperi which is found in the distict See sterile botanical specimen


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049485
modified: 2003-07-29 16:58:19.927000
country: United Kingdom
countryCode: GB
locality: Great Britain, RBG Kew, Palm House
ScientificName: Acokanthera venenata
scientificNameAuthorship: (Burm.f.) G.Don
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Acokanthera
specificEpithet: venenata
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Root from Palm house Kew, used by Mr Boodle for comparison to verify a root of A.venenata from Transvaal sent by Imp Inst Mar 15 1906. See letter 69.1906 JHH 22.3.06


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049486
modified: 2003-07-29 16:58:26.673000
country: South Africa
countryCode: ZA
locality: Transvaal
ScientificName: Acokanthera venenata
scientificNameAuthorship: (Burm.f.) G.Don
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Acokanthera
specificEpithet: venenata
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  See Letter 69. 1906. Mar 22.06. Compared by Mr Boodle with the root of Acokanthera venenata from Palm House Kew to be identical.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049487
modified: 2003-07-29 16:58:33.920000
locality: East Tropical Africa
ScientificName: Acokanthera venenata
scientificNameAuthorship: (Burm.f.) G.Don
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Acokanthera
specificEpithet: venenata
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  From which the Wataita prepare arrow poison. The specimen in the glass jar can, I think be labelled A. venenata. yours L.A. Boodle 23.3.06. Evergreen shrub about 15 feet high. J Holmwood.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049490
recordNumber: 52
modified: 2005-07-08 14:35:44.323000
recordedBy: Kirk Sir J
country: Malawi
countryCode: MW
locality: Zambesi, Shire Valley
eventDate: 1859-01-01 00:00:00.0000000
verbatimEventDate: 00/00/1859
ScientificName: Adenium obesum
scientificNameAuthorship: (Forssk.) Roem. & Schult.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Adenium
specificEpithet: obesum
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  The stem is powdered and kept in hollow reeds. When required it is mixed with gall and other substances, and applied to the arrows. Label source:  Plant used by the Manganja's Shire Valley, to poison their arrows. Jan'y 1859 Zambesi Expedition. When they kill certain kinds of serpents they mix the gall & this powder & perhaps other substances and apply it to the arrow head below the barb. When an animal is killed with it almost half of the flesh is destroyed.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049495
modified: 2018-07-24 09:58:50.970000
country: Sri Lanka
countryCode: LK
locality: Sri Lanka, Ceylon
ScientificName: Alstonia scholaris
scientificNameAuthorship: (L.) R.Br.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Alstonia
specificEpithet: scholaris
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Pattern of native fishing boat.  Jan D Cutajar, UCL - Sri Lankan thora-oruva model, a single outrigger sailing canoe made of wood, bamboo, cotton cloth (sail) and rigging likely coir rope


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049496
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: Andaman Islands
ScientificName: Anodendron paniculatum
scientificNameAuthorship: A.DC.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Anodendron
specificEpithet: paniculatum
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Pig arrows the head & Shaft are connected by a flattened thong made from the fibre . Arrows 3.5 feet long. Thong 8 inches long.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049501
modified: 2024-11-15 17:27:10.753000
country: Fiji
countryCode: FJ
locality: Fiji
ScientificName: Alstonia plumosa
scientificNameAuthorship: Labill.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Alstonia
specificEpithet: plumosa
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Reported by Messrs Hecht, Levis & Kahn as worthless at the present time March 28. 1898.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049506
country: Cameroon
countryCode: CM
locality: Cameroons, Lolodorf
ScientificName: Alstonia congensis
scientificNameAuthorship: Engl.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Alstonia
specificEpithet: congensis
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Herb Hort Bot Reg Kew H.1340.22. Recd. 19 Aug 1922. Ekuk (Bulu) Leaf specimen in Herbarium. Brlra ?? near Lolodorf.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049519
country: Guyana
countryCode: GY
locality: Demerara and Assumption
ScientificName: Allamanda cathartica
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Allamanda
specificEpithet: cathartica
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Both samples were originally identified as Pithecoctenium sp. Two separate collections in one box J.H.H. redetermined as Allamanda ?cathartica 14/12/1920


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049528
modified: 2006-10-23 12:06:29.067000
country: Uganda
countryCode: UG
locality: Uganda
ScientificName: Ancylobothrys petersiana
scientificNameAuthorship: (Klotzsch) Pierre
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Ancylobothrys
specificEpithet: petersiana
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Rec'd from Director without any information JRJ, Feb 19 1901 Report by Messrs Hecht, Levis & Kahn, 31 Fenchurch Street E.C. 20th Feb 1901 Uganda Rubber. Shows rubber of a soft weak character mixed with a considerable proportion of a paste like substance. We should estimate the value today at 2/- to 2.3 per lb.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049532
modified: 2004-07-20 13:05:01.600000
recordedBy: Spruce, Richard
country: Brazil
countryCode: BR
locality: Brazil, Amazonas, Rio Negro
identifiedBy: Zarucchi James L
ScientificName: Ambelania acida
scientificNameAuthorship: Aubl.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Ambelania
specificEpithet: acida
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Lectotype Type Ambelania cucumerina Miers. Studies in the Neotropical Apocynaceae. 'Pepino do matto' Det. James L Zarucchi Harvard Botanical Museum. 19/11/1982.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049534
country: Sri Lanka
countryCode: LK
locality: Ceylon
ScientificName: Anodendron paniculatum
scientificNameAuthorship: A.DC.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Anodendron
specificEpithet: paniculatum
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Fishing rope used in the fishing rod - called by the natives 'Bily Lanoowa' ? made of the fibres of A. paniculatum.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049537
modified: 2003-02-24 11:54:26.233000
country: Canada
countryCode: CA
locality: Canada, British Columbia, Upper Skeena River, Kispiox village
ScientificName: Apocynum cannabinum
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Apocynum
specificEpithet: cannabinum
occurrenceRemarks:
Rope label source: 'Rope and net of fibre of Apocynum cannabinum, Upper Skeena River Kispyox Vill. of Tsimshian Indians.' Net label: 'Upper Skeena B.C. E Skinner 1900.' Newcombe was paid $3.00 for these items in 1901.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049542
modified: 2007-01-25 10:15:24.090000
country: United States
countryCode: US
locality: United States America, Ohio, Loraine
ScientificName: Apocynum cannabinum
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Apocynum
specificEpithet: cannabinum
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Obtained from plants grown at Loraine, Ohio in 1920. This plant is widely distributed in North America and very abundant in some localities, bur its fibre has not been produced since the Indians could get white men's twines. Rec. July 8th 1929. Dr Lyster H. Dewey USA Dept of Agric Fiber Investigations Label source:  Extract to Director: United States Dept of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry, Washington. June 14 1929. ..... I could not determine with certainity the different fibres obtained from Asclepias incarnata and Apocynum cannabinum... Signed Lyster H Dewey. ... It appears from a comparison of the samples of 'Ozone fibre' Asclepias incarnata and Indian Hemp, Apocynum canncbinum that these two fibres cannot be satisfactorily distinguished by their microscopic characters.... L.A.B. 5.7.29.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049544
ScientificName: Apocynum hendersonii
scientificNameAuthorship: Hook.f.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Apocynum
specificEpithet: hendersonii
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. To Colonel D Prain FRS Royal Gardens Kew Surrey. White variety & Brown variety.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049545
modified: 2003-02-24 11:54:32.883000
country: Canada
countryCode: CA
locality: Canada, British Columbia, Ruby Creek
ScientificName: Apocynum cannabinum
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Apocynum
specificEpithet: cannabinum
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  'Net made of fibre from stems of Apocynum cannabinum, L. Salish Indian NW Coast of N America.' There is a small label with 'Ruby Creek' written on it, indicating geographical location. Newcombe was paid $4.00 for this item in 1904.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049547
modified: 2006-07-03 16:02:15.303000
country: Malaysia
countryCode: MY
locality: North Borneo
ScientificName: Anodendron tenuiflorum
scientificNameAuthorship: (Miq.) Miq.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Anodendron
specificEpithet: tenuiflorum
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Note- sample of fibre attached. Thread & fishing line from fibre of young stems. Old bark used as a substitute for pinang nuts for chewing with sireh. Label source:  Flora of North Borneo See leaves in Herbarium. Location: Pengkalan Kubuh.Hab: Damp forests. Climber 50 ft high; 18 inches girth. North Borneo Forestry Dept. No. 9084. 12.VI.1938.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049548
modified: 2003-02-24 11:54:39.557000
country: Canada
countryCode: CA
locality: Canada, British Columbia
ScientificName: Apocynum cannabinum
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Apocynum
specificEpithet: cannabinum
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source: 'Fibre from stems of Apocynum cannabinum, L. Salish Indians of NW Coast of N America.' Newcombe was paid $0.75 for this item in 1904. Geography inferred from cultural group (Salish).


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049549
modified: 2009-03-18 10:35:06.993000
country: United States
countryCode: US
locality: United States, Idaho, Nez Perce Reservation
ScientificName: Apocynum cannabinum
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Apocynum
specificEpithet: cannabinum
occurrenceRemarks:
Entry book reads: 'Bag made of fibre of Apocynum cannabinum & husks of Indian corn, from Nez Perce Reservation, Idaho.' Newcombe was paid $4.00 for this item in 1903. Repackaged for storage by TCC students, March, 1997.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049551
modified: 2006-11-10 15:29:51.663000
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: Andaman Islands
ScientificName: Anodendron paniculatum
scientificNameAuthorship: A.DC.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Anodendron
specificEpithet: paniculatum
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  The fibre of which is much valued on account of its excellence string made from it is used for bowstrings & arrow fastenings for netting (Nos 22 & 42)


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049552
modified: 2011-04-12 12:27:52.567000
country: Afghanistan
countryCode: AF
locality: Afghanistan, Gulsan
ScientificName: Apocynum venetum
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Apocynum
specificEpithet: venetum
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  No 115 Extract of letter from Dr Aitchison to Sir Joseph Hooker, dated Gulsan March 8th 1883 - ' I have come across a find an asclepiad that grows in marshy land The stems are coated with natural tow this natural tow with the fruit and seeds I have sent you by sample post. The natives of the surrounding parts especially of the Tier River say that ordinary twine and rope is made from the fibre but that a tribe of Turko.?.  called Kazak east of Bokhera who live at a place called Kalla manufactures cloth from this fibre. The natives here call that cloth Kalau (?) the plant is called Dunb-e-roba (?) (Tail of Fox) or Dumb-e-Gos-alla (Tail of Calf)' The bark of the root stock is employed for tanning or rather preparing skins to hold water Label source:  Letter Ide & Christie, Fibre Esparto & General Produce Brokers dated July 2nd 1901,  JR Jackson Esq RBG Kew, Dear Sir, I beg to return thanks for the trouble you have taken and for information given in your favour of today. The dried stems you sent appear almost identical to us with a hemp plant and we should not place the value of the fibre even if perfectly decorticated at over 15 .16 pounds sterling per ton. Yours  (unreadable)


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049566
modified: 2006-11-30 15:54:34.420000
recordedBy: Smith JD
country: Guatemala
countryCode: GT
locality: Guatemala
ScientificName: Aspidosperma megalocarpon
scientificNameAuthorship: Müll.Arg.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Aspidosperma
specificEpithet: megalocarpon
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Ex Plantis Guatemalensibus, Quas Edidit John Donnell Smith 2476. A.megalocarpon, Mull. Arg.  Chichique incolarum.  Rio Sis, Depart. Such itepequez, alt. 1300 pp.  M.Apr 1892.  Leg J.D.S.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049593
modified: 2007-06-26 13:00:04.927000
country: South Africa
countryCode: ZA
locality: South Africa
ScientificName: Catharanthus roseus
scientificNameAuthorship: (L.) G.Don
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Catharanthus
specificEpithet: roseus
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Ashton & Co, Brighton - Chemists. Mr Holland: M113-30 Sample of 'Diabetic' Herb used in S. Africa. Potter & Clarke, Ltd. 60 Artillery Lane E.1. The material consists of broken pieces of twigs, leaves and fruits. The structure of the stem is right for Apocynacae or Asclepiadaceae, and as the fruits and seeds agree satisfactorily with those of Vinca rosea, and this species is used in the treatment of diabetes in South Africa, I think that you can name the material  V. rosea. L.A.B. 4.2.30


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049598
modified: 2006-11-13 15:16:15.907000
recordedBy: Micholitz
locality: New Guinea
ScientificName: Cerbera manghas
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Cerbera
specificEpithet: manghas
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Rubber from a kind of Tabernaemontana from New Guinea. No 9503 of my Herbarium HN Ridley. Not yet determined at Herb. JRJ 29.1.00 Determined at Herb Aug 1902


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049606
modified: 2006-04-20 14:59:47.287000
country: Zambia
countryCode: ZM
locality: Barotzeland
ScientificName: Chamaeclitandra henriquesiana
scientificNameAuthorship: (Hallier f.) Pichon
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Chamaeclitandra
specificEpithet: henriquesiana
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Large white stone, Small shrub 18 inches to 2 feet, throwing out a number of small straight branches from ground level. The plant is apparently allied to the MBONGO, which I take to be a cless of Landolphia, as it has a vine like habit; both plants secrete a white latex which turns into a class of India rubber. The fruit of the enclosed veriety is edible, of the size and of the colour of a tangerine orange. Habitat - sandbelts of Barotzeland  -  ?? Cockerell, see letter 79.1907


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049608
modified: 2006-04-20 14:56:09.487000
country: Zambia
countryCode: ZM
locality: NW Rhodesia, Kambompo River or Kambompo River
ScientificName: Chamaeclitandra henriquesiana
scientificNameAuthorship: (Hallier f.) Pichon
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Chamaeclitandra
specificEpithet: henriquesiana
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Valued by Hecht, Levis and Kahn at about 1/6 per lb 8.5.01 Root rubber procured 40 miles S of Kabompo River near its source; also on Lunga.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049609
country: Zambia
countryCode: ZM
locality: NW Rhodesia, Mumobeze River, East Bank Tributary of Kabompo River
ScientificName: Chamaeclitandra henriquesiana
scientificNameAuthorship: (Hallier f.) Pichon
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Chamaeclitandra
specificEpithet: henriquesiana
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Removed from the stem by hammering Rubber valued by Hecht, Levis & Kahn at about 1/3 to 1/6 per lb 8.5.01 Bark according to Hecht, Levis & Kahn would be unsaleable 8.5.01 Bark collected 20 miles SW of Mumobeze River


institutionCode: K
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basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049611
country: Zambia
countryCode: ZM
locality: NW Rhodesia, SE of Mumbeze River
ScientificName: Chamaeclitandra henriquesiana
scientificNameAuthorship: (Hallier f.) Pichon
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Chamaeclitandra
specificEpithet: henriquesiana
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Valued by Hecht, Levis and Kahn at about 6d to 9d per lb 8.5.01 No 2 Blanket of the vine or Landolphia florida 2nd stage. Collected 20 miles SE of Mumbeze River


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049615
modified: 2006-05-09 17:07:18.433000
country: Malaysia
countryCode: MY
locality: Malacca, Ayer Panos
ScientificName: Chilocarpus costatus
scientificNameAuthorship: Miq.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Chilocarpus
specificEpithet: costatus
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Probable value 2/7 to 2/8 per lb. A strong light coloured rubber sample slightly mixed with earth and sand. Value in dry condition about 2/7d to 2/8d. Report Hecht, Levis and Kahn July 17th 1900


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collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049625
modified: 2019-01-24 12:25:36.140000
country: Colombia
countryCode: CO
locality: Bogota D.C. Locality revised 2019
ScientificName: Couma macrocarpa
scientificNameAuthorship: Barb.Rodr.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Couma
specificEpithet: macrocarpa
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Keeper of Museums: There is no doubt that the Colombian Chicle (Perillo) is a sp of Couma, but I find I have not succeeded in matching it. If I find a name for it I will let you know. J.A.S. 22/2/24. (Letter 132, 1921:XIV.p.88) has American lists. Label in foreign language. Determination to species level (2019)


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collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049626
modified: 2010-05-27 16:15:19.127000
recordedBy: Spruce, Richard
country: Brazil
countryCode: BR
locality: Brazil, Amazonas, Rio Tcanna, (Tributary of Rio Negro)
ScientificName: Couma utilis
scientificNameAuthorship: (Mart.) Müll.Arg.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Couma
specificEpithet: utilis
occurrenceRemarks:
Source: Museum entry book 1847-55: Made on Rio Icanna and made of soft tenacious wood of an apocyneous tree.  Stones are chiefly bluish, fine grained granite from the Icanna, broken into fragments of convenient size. Design scratched with the point of a large nail; then with the same a hole is pricked for insertion of each stone and a blow of the nail head secures it in place.  The grater thus formed is anointed with the milk of Cuma (Couma dulcis) which is a useful adhesive, not affected by the juice of mandiocca or moisture.  I have seen graters which were decayed and almost worn through at the back while not a tooth had fallen out.  Iccana graters are in great request throughout the Rio Negro, Amazon and Orinoco.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049633
modified: 2019-01-24 12:25:08.537000
country: Colombia
countryCode: CO
locality: Colombia
ScientificName: Couma
scientificNameAuthorship: Aubl.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Couma
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  See letter 133(1921) XIV p.88 & S. American lists Dawe) J Mist. 28.XI.22. Reference: Carta Ae L.A. Lasprilla de Bogota. ? 31 de Enero/921??? Senor Director de los Reales Jardines de Kew (Muestras botanicas sin valor) Opuscular source:  Payoa, Feb. 11th 1921. Specimen: Mrs Tracey, C/o Messrs Tracey Bros Ltd., Apartado 884, Bogota. Dear Mrs Tracey, 'The chicle Gum of Colombia is extracted from two species of trees. The one that is exported in the greatest quantity and gives largest volume oflatex per tree is known here as Arbol de Vacca or Perillo, but of this species I rather think that there are two or three varieties, or possibly species of the same genus. It is of inferior quality and from what I understand can only be used when mixed with Achras, when making the manufactured article.The other species is called 'Nisperillo' and is only a species of Achras. The tree is not nearly so abundant and gives only a small quantity of latex, but it is worth about four times the value of 'Perillo'.  Signed Cyril Allen.  (Extract from enclosure with letter, Isabel Tracey, Villa Blanca, Chapinero, Bogota, Feb 25th 1921, to Mr MT Dawe) Letter 133,1921 : XIV. p.88  March 31 1921 Specimen of leaves, milk and seed. May 27 1921 'Chicle o Perillo' ? fromthis source. JHH Leaves of Perillo identified by Mr Sprague in Herbarium 24.XI.22 as Couma sp. The leaves kept at Herb JHH, Leaves returned to Museum 22.II.24 JHH. See Mr Spragues note with specimen - Couma sp. Determination to species level (2019)


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049634
modified: 2006-05-08 14:32:48.693000
country: Uganda
countryCode: UG
locality: British Central Africa, Entebbe
ScientificName: Conopharyngia
scientificNameAuthorship: G.Don
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Conopharyngia
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  These samples of rubber were left at the Herbarium by Mr Whyte. He said he would call for them take them to some rubber expert. They were however intended for the Museum. 17.03.02 Stapf Two samples - see entry book 29.1902 Product of ..?..tree. Not very abundant ......


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collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049635
modified: 2007-05-29 17:43:11.133000
country: Fiji
countryCode: FJ
locality: Fiji
ScientificName: Plantae
kingdom: Plantae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Report of Messrs Hecht, Levis and Kahn on half of this sample, dated July 4th 1898. 'Neither rubber nor gutta but some sort of Bastard Gum quite valueless and unsaleable in this market'  21 Mincing Lane


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049637
modified: 2006-05-08 14:33:47.387000
recordedBy: Christy C
country: Uganda
countryCode: UG
locality: Uganda, Namatagonya, Forest Hour Camp
eventDate: 1905-04-11 00:00:00.0000000
verbatimEventDate: 11/04/1905
ScientificName: Conopharyngia
scientificNameAuthorship: G.Don
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Conopharyngia
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Coagulated by boiling in water bath. No 4 Rec'd from Messrs Little and Johnston 22.6.05. The letter which came with the specimen and is now at the Director's Office does not contain any further information 23.6.05 Otto Stapf


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049642
modified: 2006-04-21 12:39:00.390000
country: Nicaragua
countryCode: NI
locality: Yoruba
ScientificName: Conopharyngia
scientificNameAuthorship: G.Don
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Conopharyngia
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  It seems doubtful whether Tabernaemontana would yield a gum of this description but the Herb specimen bearing the No 62 is described as T. barteri Hk.f.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049647
modified: 2006-04-21 12:45:58.150000
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: India, Bombay
ScientificName: Cryptostegia grandiflora
scientificNameAuthorship: Roxb. ex R.Br.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Cryptostegia
specificEpithet: grandiflora
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Messrs Hecht, Levis & Kahn report, March 15. 1898. Rubber from Cryptostegia grandiflora 'Badly prepared and full of sand and other impurities. The quality of the rubber itself is good and if properly prepared and cleaned would be worth 2/6per pound, or more.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049649
modified: 2006-04-21 12:42:29.327000
country: Malaysia
countryCode: MY
locality: Penang
ScientificName: Dyera costulata
scientificNameAuthorship: (Miq.) Hook.f.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Dyera
specificEpithet: costulata
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Report from Messrs Hecht Levis & Kahn Nov. 1st 1907. We return your sample of gutta and rubber herewith. Gutta Jelutong is known on the market here under the name of Pontianak ? & is worth today about 19 pounds sterling per ton. It generally arrives here in large brick shaped lumps & we have never seen it in the form of your sample which also has not the peculiar smell that Pontianak has. We should estimate the value at about 19 to 20 pounds sterling per ton.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049650
modified: 2006-10-12 15:06:27.387000
country: Taiwan
countryCode: TW
locality: Formosa
ScientificName: Ecdysanthera utilis
scientificNameAuthorship: Hayata & Kawak.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Ecdysanthera
specificEpithet: utilis
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  This rubber is exuded from the vine, Ecdysanthera utilis this is a newly discovered kind & in general, purposes resembles ordinary rubber. Exhibited by The Formosa Government.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049661
modified: 2010-01-28 10:38:04.953000
recordedBy: Farquhar JH
country: Benin
countryCode: BJ
locality: Southern Nigeria, Benin City
eventDate: 1912-07-10 00:00:00.0000000
verbatimEventDate: 10/07/1912
ScientificName: Farquharia elliptica
scientificNameAuthorship: Stapf
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Farquharia
specificEpithet: elliptica
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Recd. from Herb. 19.IX.12. Comm. by Mr Farquhar as wood of Farquharia elliptica (together with pods of a sp. of Strophanthus which were sent as the fruit of Farquharia elliptica) From Benin City. See Kew Bull. 1912, p.279.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049662
country: Ghana
countryCode: GH
locality: Ghana, Africa, West Tropical Africa, Accra
ScientificName: Funtumia africana
scientificNameAuthorship: (Benth.) Stapf
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Funtumia
specificEpithet: africana
occurrenceRemarks:
Entry-book source:  From Colonial Secretary's Office, Accra. Label source:  Specimen previously named Holarrhena sp.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049663
modified: 2006-04-19 16:32:11.317000
country: Ghana
countryCode: GH
locality: Ghana, Africa, West Tropical Africa, Winnebah
ScientificName: Funtumia africana
scientificNameAuthorship: (Benth.) Stapf
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Funtumia
specificEpithet: africana
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Rec'd for name from Messrs J Bowden & Co Liverpool as India rubber seeds worth 3.12 pounds sterling per lb.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049670
country: Ghana
countryCode: GH
locality: Ghana, Africa, West Tropical Africa, Gold Coast
ScientificName: Funtumia elastica
scientificNameAuthorship: (Preuss) Stapf
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Funtumia
specificEpithet: elastica
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Coagulated with juice of the Diecha Vine Funtumia rubber prepared by a new process, with the juice of a vine known as 'Di Diecha', ie Strophanthus preusii Engl. and Pax., Coomassie Agricultural Show. Croped by one of Messrs David Bridge & Co croping machines. 15.12.1908.


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collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049671
modified: 2006-05-04 15:18:27.107000
country: Tanzania
countryCode: TZ
locality: Tanzania, Africa, East Tropical Africa, Dar es Salaam
ScientificName: Funtumia elastica
scientificNameAuthorship: (Preuss) Stapf
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Funtumia
specificEpithet: elastica
occurrenceRemarks:
Entry-book source:  Sent by RM Rogers from the Amani Research Institute.  See letter 97.1926 xvi p196


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049672
modified: 2010-02-17 12:03:56.143000
country: Ghana
countryCode: GH
locality: Ghana, Africa, West Tropical Africa, Gold Coast, Accra
ScientificName: Funtumia africana
scientificNameAuthorship: (Benth.) Stapf
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Funtumia
specificEpithet: africana
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  A specimen (leaves) of this Apocynaceae is in the Herbarium India Rubber. This can hardly be the extract from a Carpodinus; it has the appearance of having exuded as latex and afterwards coagulated perhaps Funtumia africana would be nearer JHH Jan 18 1907


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049675
modified: 2006-05-04 15:06:10.137000
country: Ghana
countryCode: GH
locality: Ghana, Africa, West Tropical Africa, Gold Coast
ScientificName: Funtumia elastica
scientificNameAuthorship: (Preuss) Stapf
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Funtumia
specificEpithet: elastica
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Coagulated with an infusion of the leaves of Bauhinia reticulata, obtained by boiling.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049676
country: Ghana
countryCode: GH
locality: Ghana, Africa, West Tropical Africa, Gold Coast
ScientificName: Funtumia elastica
scientificNameAuthorship: (Preuss) Stapf
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Funtumia
specificEpithet: elastica
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Prepared by natives by boiling the latex Entry-book source:  From WSD Tudhope, Gold Coast Section, International Rubber Exhibition.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049679
country: Ghana
countryCode: GH
locality: Ghana, Africa, West Tropical Africa, Gold Coast
ScientificName: Funtumia elastica
scientificNameAuthorship: (Preuss) Stapf
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Funtumia
specificEpithet: elastica
occurrenceRemarks:
Entry-book source:  From WSD Tudhope, Gold Coast Section, International Rubber Exhibition. Label source:  Coagulated by boiling


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049680
modified: 2006-04-20 16:11:29.820000
country: Ghana
countryCode: GH
locality: Ghana, Africa, Tropical West Africa, Gold Coast
ScientificName: Funtumia elastica
scientificNameAuthorship: (Preuss) Stapf
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Funtumia
specificEpithet: elastica
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Prepared with the juice of the Diecha vine ie. Strophanthus preusii Engl. and Pax.  Sample exhibited at the Coomassie Agricultural Show by Rwamin ?? Chief of ??


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049682
country: Dominica
countryCode: DM
locality: Dominica, Southern America, Caribbean, Windward Is
ScientificName: Funtumia elastica
scientificNameAuthorship: (Preuss) Stapf
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Funtumia
specificEpithet: elastica
occurrenceRemarks:
Entry-book source:  From AE Aspinall, Sec. The West India Committee, International Rubber Exhibition


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049683
modified: 2006-04-21 10:14:46.333000
country: Nigeria
countryCode: NG
locality: Nigeria, Africa, West Tropical Africa, Lagos, Ibadan District
ScientificName: Funtumia elastica
scientificNameAuthorship: (Preuss) Stapf
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Funtumia
specificEpithet: elastica
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  The bark of the rubber tree. If broken crosswise you will discover the rubber.  JC Olubi, Muma Forest Station, Ibadan District, Lagos - Rubber tree first discovered in Accra in 1883 and from its resources many Europeans and natives have made their fortunes.  The native name of this rubber tree is Ire or Ereh or Ireh. Grows 60 to 70 feet high, average thickness 12 to 14 in diameter. Log of wood offered and accepted


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049685
country: Dominica
countryCode: DM
locality: Dominica, Southern America, Caribbean, Windward Is
ScientificName: Funtumia elastica
scientificNameAuthorship: (Preuss) Stapf
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Funtumia
specificEpithet: elastica
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Exhibited by Botanical Gardens Entry-book source:  AE Aspinall, Secretary to the West India Committee


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049686
country: Cote d'Ivoire
countryCode: CI
locality: Ivory Coast, Africa, West Tropical Africa
ScientificName: Funtumia elastica
scientificNameAuthorship: (Preuss) Stapf
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Funtumia
specificEpithet: elastica
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Prepared by the natives of the Ivory Coast Entry-book source:  French Section of International Rubber Exhibition 1914


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049688
modified: 2007-05-16 14:55:49.163000
country: Ghana
countryCode: GH
locality: Ghana, Africa, West Tropical Africa, Gold Coast, Cape Coast
ScientificName: Funtumia elastica
scientificNameAuthorship: (Preuss) Stapf
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Funtumia
specificEpithet: elastica
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  cf F.elastica Stapf  June 11 1902 Pressed in Liverpool from Cape Coast Lumps Entry-book source:  Raw India Rubber


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049689
modified: 2007-05-16 14:56:22.267000
country: Nigeria
countryCode: NG
locality: Nigeria, Africa, West Tropical Africa, Lagos
ScientificName: Funtumia elastica
scientificNameAuthorship: (Preuss) Stapf
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Funtumia
specificEpithet: elastica
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Specimen previously marked as Kickxia africana. 28 of list. Entry-book source:  Raw India Rubber


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049690
modified: 2007-05-16 14:57:37.087000
country: Cote d'Ivoire
countryCode: CI
locality: Ivory Coast, Africa, West Tropical Africa, Old Calabar
ScientificName: Funtumia elastica
scientificNameAuthorship: (Preuss) Stapf
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Funtumia
specificEpithet: elastica
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  F.elastica ? JHH Dec 1904 Entry-book source:  Hecht, Levis & Kahn, Liverpool, rubber samples


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049691
modified: 2007-05-16 14:58:51.363000
country: Nigeria
countryCode: NG
locality: Nigeria, Africa, West Tropical Africa, Lagos
ScientificName: Funtumia africana
scientificNameAuthorship: (Benth.) Stapf
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Funtumia
specificEpithet: africana
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Lagos Biscuit Rubber from Lagos Lumps pressed in Liverpool Entry-book source:  Raw India Rubber


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049692
modified: 2006-05-10 16:10:46.973000
country: Uganda
countryCode: UG
locality: Uganda, Africa, East Tropical Africa, Entebbe
ScientificName: Funtumia elastica
scientificNameAuthorship: (Preuss) Stapf
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Funtumia
specificEpithet: elastica
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  No further particulars with sample. J Mst Report by Messrs Hecht, Levis and Kahn dated 26.04.05 'not thoroughly coagulated and has a good deal of dross about it. Value about 3/3d to 3/6d per lb. Above refers to sample 4 - forwarded from Toro by Mr Haldane (?) Sample 2 - coagulated by heating over fire with juice of lemon added. Report by Hecht, Levis and Kahn 26.4.05' A strong useful Rubber value today about 4/6d per lb. (Same value as No 3) Sample No 1- prepared by heating over fire in vessel. Report by H, L & Kahn - 'Badly prepared this not been thoroughly coagulated besides being dirty and would be worth about 3/2d per lb. Sample No 3 - coagulated by heating over fire, weak solution of acetic acid added. Report by Messrs H, L & Kahn 26.4.05 ' A strong useful rubber, value today at about 4/6d per lb.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049693
modified: 2007-05-16 14:58:31.720000
country: Ghana
countryCode: GH
locality: Ghana, Africa, West Tropical Africa, Gold Coast, Cape Coast
ScientificName: Funtumia elastica
scientificNameAuthorship: (Preuss) Stapf
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Funtumia
specificEpithet: elastica
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Cape Coast Biscuits. Pressed in Liverpool from Cape Coast Lumps Entry-book source:  Hecht, Levis & Kahn - Raw India Rubber


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049695
modified: 2007-07-03 10:48:58.903000
country: Ghana
countryCode: GH
locality: Ghana, Africa, West Tropical Africa, Aburi
ScientificName: Funtumia elastica
scientificNameAuthorship: (Preuss) Stapf
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Funtumia
specificEpithet: elastica
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  4. Biscuits of Funtumia elastica rubber from trees 8 years old growing in Botanic Gardens Aburi. Rubber coagulated by double-pot process. Aburi. 5. Funtumia elastica rubber coagulated by the double pot process and afterward spressed through a small hand machine.  Grown at the Botanic Gardens, Aburi. pressed through a small hand machine. Grown at Bot. Gard. Aburi Entry-book source:  AE Evans, Agricultural Station, Aburi


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049698
modified: 2006-05-10 16:17:37.690000
country: Nigeria
countryCode: NG
locality: Nigeria, Africa, West Tropical Africa, Lagos
ScientificName: Funtumia elastica
scientificNameAuthorship: (Preuss) Stapf
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Funtumia
specificEpithet: elastica
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Rubber prepared by different processes. No.1 not reported upon. No.2 (square block) Very fine quality worth 2/3 to 2/4  ? per lb. See report of Hecht, Levis & Kahn Sep 13. 1895. Entry-book source:  Rubber from Ire tree, from Botanical Station


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049699
country: Zimbabwe
countryCode: ZW
locality: Zimbabwe, Africa, South Tropical Africa, Mumbesi River, near Kabompo River
ScientificName: Funtumia elastica
scientificNameAuthorship: (Preuss) Stapf
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Funtumia
specificEpithet: elastica
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Valued by Hecht, Levis & Kahn at about 2/2 to 2/4 per lb. 8.5.07. No. 5 Found on Mumbesi River, two days E. of Kabompo River and W. of Kabompo. Purchased close to the source of the Kabompo. Label source:  From NW Rhodesia


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occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000000497
recordNumber: 111
modified: 2006-11-28 15:04:15.897000
recordedBy: Iltis HH, Koeppen R, Iltis F
country: Mexico
countryCode: MX
locality: Mexico, 2Km SSW of La Cima
eventDate: 1960-07-14 00:00:00.0000000
verbatimEventDate: 14/07/1960
identifiedBy: McVaugh
ScientificName: Mahonia moranensis
scientificNameAuthorship: (Hebenstr. & Ludw. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) I.M.Johnst.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Berberidaceae
genus: Mahonia
specificEpithet: moranensis
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  4-6m tall, in dense shade with Ribes, Prunus serotina, tree Alnus. A. Very open, frequently burned Pinus woods, with tussock grasses (Festuca, Piptochaetium, Muhlenbergia 'Sacatonal') understory, on rocky lava and volcanic ash fields. B. Dense moist Alnus-Prunus-Senecio spp. cloud forest micro habitat, on steep NW-facing slope in (A). Lava fields ca. 2Km. SSW. of La Cima R.R. Station on either side of old highway 95, on top of Serjana de Ajusco. ca. 1Km. N. of the Morelos border (19 degrees 06' N; 99 degrees 12 degrees 30 mins W). Alt. ca. 10,200ft (3050-3100 m.)


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049701
modified: 2007-09-06 16:30:34.637000
country: Uganda
countryCode: UG
locality: Uganda, Africa, East Tropical Africa
ScientificName: Funtumia africana
scientificNameAuthorship: (Benth.) Stapf
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Funtumia
specificEpithet: africana
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Note inside says follicles and seeds of Funtumia latifolia Stapf 11.12.01 - no sign of these! Entry-book source:  Sir Harry Johnston KCB, Uganda Protectorate.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049702
recordedBy: Koorders SH
country: Indonesia
countryCode: ID
locality: Sulawesi, Asia-Tropical, Malesia, Celebes
ScientificName: Kibatalia wigmanii
scientificNameAuthorship: (Koord.) Merr.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Kibatalia
specificEpithet: wigmanii
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Communic ex Herb Hort Bot Bog kds 16049. Insula Celebes. Provincia Minahassa Leg. S.H. Koorders. Isotype in Herbarium.  Determined by Rudjiman (1985)


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049707
country: Ghana
countryCode: GH
locality: Ghana, Africa, West Tropical Africa, Aburi
ScientificName: Funtumia
scientificNameAuthorship: Stapf
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Funtumia
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Biscuits or sheets coagulated naturally in wooden receptacle From Aburi Agricultural Station


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049736
modified: 2005-05-20 11:05:40.180000
recordedBy: Kirk J
locality: Central Africa
ScientificName: Holarrhena febrifuga
scientificNameAuthorship: Klotzsch
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Holarrhena
specificEpithet: febrifuga
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  The 'Cinchone' of Dr Livingstone. Box 3 Seeds of the Kumbandzo or Quind mentioned in Dr Livingstone's book.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049743
modified: 2006-07-27 15:24:36.050000
country: Malawi
countryCode: MW
locality: Central Africa, Masuka Mountains
ScientificName: Landolphia buchananii
scientificNameAuthorship: (Hallier f.) Stapf
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Landolphia
specificEpithet: buchananii
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Memo for Kew: This sample of Landolphia rubber creeper was cut in the fine virgin forests of the Masuka Mountains, elevation 6000 to 7000 feet. The balls of rubber is the produce of the same species from the same forests. I could provide neither flowers or fruit but have sent ? of the leaves in my collections. Alex Whyte. Znuba ? 4th Oct 1896.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049746
modified: 2006-07-27 15:26:36.377000
country: Uganda
countryCode: UG
locality: Uganda
ScientificName: Landolphia dawei
scientificNameAuthorship: Stapf
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Landolphia
specificEpithet: dawei
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Rubber specimens - No 1 naturally coagulated (see photograph and letter) Entebbe 15.6.04.  No 2 coagulated by very weak solution of Hypo. of Soda. No 3 coagulated by common salt.  No 4 coagulated by Alum. Submitted to Messrs Hecht, Levis & Kahn Aug 11 1904. Report received Aug 13 1904. Copy transmitted to Mr Dawe Aug 16 1904.  See letter 136.1904 JHH We return today the samples of Landolphia rubber you sent us yesterday. No 2 is decidedly the best coagulated and with todays high value of fine Para we estimate it would fetch about 4/9d per lb. No 4 we think is the next best and worth about 4/8d. No 3 about 4/7d and No 1 which is much weaker and softer, from 4/4 to 4/6d. Messrs Hecht, Levis and Kahn Report 12 Aug 1904. Copy JHH


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049750
country: Uganda
countryCode: UG
locality: Uganda, Entebbe
ScientificName: Landolphia dawei
scientificNameAuthorship: Stapf
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Landolphia
specificEpithet: dawei
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Specimen 1 - sample of rubber as it naturally coagulates on the vine when cut Spec. No 223 Specimen 2 - Sample of rubber coagulated by heat. Spec. No 223


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049755
modified: 2006-08-03 16:20:51.750000
country: Tanzania
countryCode: TZ
locality: Mt Kilimanjaro
ScientificName: Landolphia kilimandjarica
scientificNameAuthorship: (Warb.) Stapf
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Landolphia
specificEpithet: kilimandjarica
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Rubber from the new rubber vine discovered on Mt Kilimanjaro Report by Messrs Hecht, Levis and Kahn 19.8.1901 samples shew a very nice quality of Mozambique rubber value - Large piece 3.2d, small 3/- per lb.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049756
country: Gambia, The
countryCode: GM
locality: Gambia
ScientificName: Landolphia heudelotii
scientificNameAuthorship: A.DC.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Landolphia
specificEpithet: heudelotii
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Rubber No 2 spec. called flake in trade, got chiefly from Foutah and made by Foulahs. From Taul Pholey J


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049766
modified: 2006-08-03 15:46:10.450000
country: Nigeria
countryCode: NG
locality: South Nigeria
identifiedBy: Stapf Dr
ScientificName: Landolphia owariensis
scientificNameAuthorship: P.Beauv.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Landolphia
specificEpithet: owariensis
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Letter 202.1906 Contents of Box - 1. Fruits of Rubber Vine ......? The leaves of which are also being sent you under separate cover for favour of identification. 2. Three pieces of rubber prepared from the latex of the above vine. This rubber is shipped home by the Niger Company under the trade name of Igarra No 4 and is spoken of very highly. Forwarded by JW Sherriff, Assistant Conservator of Forests, Eastern Province of Southern Nigeria, West Africa.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049768
country: Nigeria
countryCode: NG
locality: South Nigeria
ScientificName: Landolphia owariensis
scientificNameAuthorship: P.Beauv.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Landolphia
specificEpithet: owariensis
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Sample of real obachi 1 root rubber. See letter 160.1905 p. 14. Encloseur in H.C.'s desp. No. 286 of 8.75.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049777
recordNumber: 204
modified: 2006-08-08 16:21:02.447000
recordedBy: Dawe MT
country: Uganda
countryCode: UG
locality: Uganda, Buddu District
ScientificName: Landolphia owariensis
scientificNameAuthorship: P.Beauv.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Landolphia
specificEpithet: owariensis
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  This latex will not coagulate on treatment with acids or alkalis, but on boiling yields a paste as sample attached. Cap. from a note by Dawe.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049779
country: Ghana
countryCode: GH
locality: Ghana, Accra
ScientificName: Landolphia owariensis
scientificNameAuthorship: P.Beauv.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Landolphia
specificEpithet: owariensis
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  No. IV Juice from White Rubber vine. Also dried specimen of fruit (not there when catalogued!) Illegible. June 1882.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049784
country: Ghana
countryCode: GH
locality: Ghana, N Territories
ScientificName: Landolphia owariensis
scientificNameAuthorship: P.Beauv.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Landolphia
specificEpithet: owariensis
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Fresh fruits of Pempeneh in formalin collected in the northern Territories Gold Coast


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049792
modified: 2007-05-16 15:02:13.450000
country: Congo, Republic of the
countryCode: CG
locality: Upper Congo
ScientificName: Landolphia
scientificNameAuthorship: P.Beauv.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Landolphia
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  The India Rubber Journal 4.7.04.  - The Anglo Belgium India Rubber Co was established some 11 years ago, and has been ever since trading in the Lopori basin (Congo). Their well known white rubber Lopori balls from the Landolphia vine and coagulate with the Bossanga juice have taken rank amongst the best african ??


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049799
modified: 2007-08-30 14:35:08.800000
country: Nigeria
countryCode: NG
locality: Lagos
ScientificName: Landolphia owariensis
scientificNameAuthorship: P.Beauv.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Landolphia
specificEpithet: owariensis
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Mr Hillier - A species of Landolphia evidently near L.owariensis but we have not yet received flowering specimens. As soon as we get them I will let you know the name. The fruits were sent by Mr EW Foster of Lagos.  8.iii.06 Otto Stapf The vine rubber Landolphia in 90% alcohol. Rec'd. 21.viii.1905


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049804
modified: 2006-10-31 14:23:14.900000
country: Congo, Republic of the
countryCode: CG
locality: French Congo
ScientificName: Landolphia parvifolia
scientificNameAuthorship: K.Schum.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Landolphia
specificEpithet: parvifolia
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  73.1903, received Aug 25th 1903, John Holt & Co, (Liverpool) Ltd, 81 Dale Street Liverpool 60.1903 Landolphia thollonii, Dewerre, Messrs John Holt & Co, Liverpool, June 8.1903.  See Fl. Trop. Africa Vol IV p.58 JHH 73.1903, Messrs Hecht, Levis & Kahn, 36 Fenchurch St EC. to Director Sept 2 1903 - 'We return the sample of root rubber left with us this afternoon. The sample is fairly free from dirt and we estimate today's value at from 2/5d to 2/6d per lb.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049807
modified: 1995-10-23 00:00:00
country: Kenya
countryCode: KE
locality: Kenya, Nandi, Tropical East Africa
ScientificName: Landolphia buchananii
scientificNameAuthorship: (Hallier f.) Stapf
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Landolphia
specificEpithet: buchananii
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  No 16, specimen of Branoker (?) (with fruit) of Landolphia sp. Nandi Recd. 3 Jan 1911


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049809
modified: 2006-10-31 12:00:33.133000
country: Uganda
countryCode: UG
locality: Uganda
ScientificName: Landolphia dawei
scientificNameAuthorship: Stapf
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Landolphia
specificEpithet: dawei
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  'Plantation' Rubber, Uganda. Sold in London Market August 1905 at 5/- per lb. Mr MT Dawe suggests Clitandra orientalis as the source of this specimen. J.Mst 31.5.06 Second sample sold in the London Market Aug 1905 at 4/10 per lb.  Mr MT Dawe suggests Landolphia dawei as the source of this sample J.Mst 31.05.06


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049813
modified: 2005-05-20 11:12:45.940000
recordedBy: Kirk J
locality: Shupanga
ScientificName: Landolphia kirkii
scientificNameAuthorship: Dyer ex Hook.f.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Landolphia
specificEpithet: kirkii
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Jan 1860 The product of a climber growing near Shupanga This is the dried juice of a climber procured by cutting the bark. It is abundant in the forests in the interior ...... (missing) fruit is edible


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049814
country: Congo, Republic of the
countryCode: CG
locality: Congo, Gembloux
ScientificName: Landolphia owariensis
scientificNameAuthorship: P.Beauv.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Landolphia
specificEpithet: owariensis
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Out of four labels, three say the specimen is L.owariensis. The fourth states - Rubber from L.heudelotii A.Dc., Gambia, 92.1886, Col & Ind Exhib 1886


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049824
locality: Upper Senegal and Niger
ScientificName: Landolphia heudelotii
scientificNameAuthorship: A.DC.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Landolphia
specificEpithet: heudelotii
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Gouvernement General de L'Afrique Occidentale Francaise Station agronomique de Baufora Plagnettes de Caoutchouc


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049827
country: Sierra Leone
countryCode: SL
locality: Sierra Leone
ScientificName: Landolphia
scientificNameAuthorship: P.Beauv.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Landolphia
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Catalogue No 135, Class II Sect. V, Exibited by Col Govt. Weight 5 1/2 lb. Price 1/- per lb.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049832
modified: 2006-11-03 15:12:23.547000
recordedBy: Wickens Gerald RBG Kew
country: Sudan
countryCode: SD
locality: Sudan, Darfur Province
ScientificName: Anogeissus leiocarpa
scientificNameAuthorship: (DC.) Guill. & Perr.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Combretaceae
genus: Anogeissus
specificEpithet: leiocarpa
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Memo to Dr Cutler from Gerald Wickens date 12/1/1978 - Could somebody please carry out a comparative anatomical study of Conocarpus and Anogeissus. I bought bark wood samples of each from the Sudan last year. I'm interested in the ...?... ...?... between the two genera memo acknowledged 16.1.78 but anatomical information not included with specimen.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049834
recordNumber: 3600
modified: 2006-11-03 15:21:53.020000
recordedBy: Wickens GE
country: Sudan
countryCode: SD
locality: Sudan
eventDate: 1977-01-01 00:00:00.0000000
verbatimEventDate: 00/00/1977
ScientificName: Conocarpus
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Combretaceae
genus: Conocarpus
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Memo to Dr Cutler from GE Wickens dated 12.1.78 - Could somebody please carry out a comparative anatomical study of Conocarpus and Anogeissus. I bought bark wood samples of each from the Sudan last year. I'm interested in the .....?......between the two groups. Memo acknowledged by Dr Cutler 16.1.78 but anatomical information not with specimen


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049843
recordNumber: 27749
modified: 2006-10-27 15:34:44.867000
recordedBy: Harley RM, Giulietti AM, Mayo SJ, Mayo AK
country: Brazil
countryCode: BR
locality: Brazil, Bahia
eventDate: 1988-12-26 00:00:00.0000000
verbatimEventDate: 26/12/1988
identifiedBy: Lewis GP
ScientificName: Machaerium aculeatum
scientificNameAuthorship: Raddi
kingdom: Plantae
family: Fabaceae
genus: Machaerium
specificEpithet: aculeatum
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Bahia. Mun : Abaira. As vertentes das serras ao oeste de Catoles, perto de Catoles de Cima.   Em Mata Colab.: IBUSP, Univ. de Sao Paulo (SPF), CEPLAC (CEPEC) Bahia and RBG Kew (K) Patrocinio do Nat. Geographic Soc. Projeto dos Campos Rupestres do Brasil Trepadeira grande com caules achatados, lenhosos. Floema produzindo muita resina vermelha em arcos concentricos laterais. Os caules por cima espinhosos com nos muito destacados. Esteril.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049844
modified: 2006-10-30 11:30:57.430000
country: Indonesia
countryCode: ID
ScientificName: Fagraea fragrans
scientificNameAuthorship: Roxb.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Gentianaceae
genus: Fagraea
specificEpithet: fragrans
locality:
Kalimantan, Asia-Tropical, Malesia, Indonesia, West Kalimantan, Western Border of Danau Sentarum Wildlife Reserve, Nanga Kenelang Village

occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  No 148 Site : Inundated forest, vegetation type 2, with Shorea balangeran, Garcinia sp., Eugenia sp.. Inundated for at least 5 to 6 monthes annually. Soil = kaiolinillite clay, pH 4.5 to 5. Little organic matter. Habit : Tree, 20 m tall. Elsewhere up to 40 m, in other areas (esp. north-west part of reserve) stunted, and 8 to 12m (then called tembesu rebung by locals). Trunk : 0 to 50 cm = grey, deeply grooved and fissured; slash - brown. Odour : both bark and wood have a very strong, sweetodour. Fruit : Orange berry, round, 4 to 5mm 0 Note: Wood burns even when wet: branch ends droop


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049845
modified: 2006-10-30 11:24:37.647000
country: Indonesia
countryCode: ID
ScientificName: Fagraea racemosa
scientificNameAuthorship: Jack
kingdom: Plantae
family: Gentianaceae
genus: Fagraea
specificEpithet: racemosa
locality:
Kalimantan, Asia-Tropical, Malesia, Borneo, West Kalimantan, Danau Sentarum Wildlife Reserve, Belituous River?

occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  No 85 Site : Banks of a large blackwater river, seasonally inundated at least 1 to 2 months. vegetation = swamp forest, dominated by Eugenia spp. Calophyllum spec., Diospyros coriaceae (No 66). Waters : pH 5. Soil = Kaolin clay, poorly drained, pH 4.5. Habit : small tree, 9m tall Stem : 0 to 3cm; slash + wood, no sap. Branches are short, less than 1.2m long Flower : inside = creamy white, outside = yellowish-brown, no scent.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049846
recordNumber: JPM 5249
recordedBy: Mogea Johanis P, Ismail
country: Indonesia
countryCode: ID
locality: Buru Island, West Buru, Wae (river) Ha, Base Camp P.T. Gema Sanubari
eventDate: 1984-11-11 00:00:00.0000000
verbatimEventDate: 11/11/1984
ScientificName: Trichospermum
scientificNameAuthorship: Blume
kingdom: Plantae
family: Malvaceae
genus: Trichospermum
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Herbarium Material - Not located at K.BO ? Herbarium Bogoriense (BO), Lembaga Biologi Nasional - Lipi Bogor, Indonesia Habitat - On the river bank Notes - Big tree, stem up to 30 m tall, calyx dull grey, corolla pink, stamens yellow. Some flowers are preserved in alc. Wood samples are collected. Please notify Bogor Herbarium of new identification of this specimen  List of Herbariums where duplicates have been sent.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049847
recordNumber: 5340
recordedBy: Mogea Johanis P, Ismail
country: Indonesia
countryCode: ID
locality: Buru Island, West Buru, Air Buaya, Wae Ha, Base Camp 6
eventDate: 1984-11-15 00:00:00.0000000
verbatimEventDate: 15/11/1984
identifiedBy: Ismail
ScientificName: Ternstroemia
scientificNameAuthorship: Mutis ex L.f.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Pentaphylacaceae
genus: Ternstroemia
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Herbarium Bogoriense (BO) Lembaga Biologi Nasional - Lipi Bogor, Indonesia Habitat - Primary forest, on the ridge of the hill Notes - Small tree, up to 15m tall, stem ca 10 cm in diam. Fruits young, green. Seeds 4. Wood samples were collected. Please notify Bogor Herbarium of new identification of this specimen  List of herbariums where duplicates were sent.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049848
recordNumber: 560
recordedBy: Ridsdale CE
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: South India, Kerala, Thenmalai
eventDate: 1980-03-10 00:00:00.0000000
verbatimEventDate: 10/03/1980
ScientificName: Capparis baducca
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Capparaceae
genus: Capparis
specificEpithet: baducca
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Flora of India Locality - Slightly disturbed gallery by river Notes - Wayside shrub 2m, stem spiny. Fls 5cm diam. lower petals cream in centre.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049850
modified: 2006-11-08 16:21:46.417000
country: Ecuador
countryCode: EC
locality: Ecuador, Morona Santiago, Los Centros Shuares
ScientificName: Cabralea canjerana subsp. canjerana
kingdom: Plantae
family: Meliaceae
genus: Cabralea
specificEpithet: canjerana
infraspecificEpithet: canjerana
taxonRank: Subspecies
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Flora del Ecuador Recursos Botanicos del Bosque Tropical   RBAE 0024 Morona Santiago. Los centros Shuares Nayanmak, Yantsas, y Chumpias, cerca Bomboiza Centro Chumpias Habit - Arbol del potrero; hojas compuestas y opuestas; fruto redondo;flor blanca; corteza cafe blanguisina Use - Fruto tiene un sabor amargo y la corteza un sabor amarguisimo. Segundo Shakaim Date 18 Septiembre 1985 Programa Nacional Forestal - Mag Herbarios Qame-Qcne-Mo-Ny; ayuda de USAID


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049851
recordNumber: 5501
recordedBy: Mogea JP
country: Indonesia
countryCode: ID
locality: Buru Island, West Buru, Bara, Wae Duna, Base Camp 9
eventDate: 1984-12-05 00:00:00.0000000
verbatimEventDate: 05/12/1984
identifiedBy: Ismail
ScientificName: Polyalthia oblongifolia
scientificNameAuthorship: C.B.Rob.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Annonaceae
genus: Polyalthia
specificEpithet: oblongifolia
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Habitat - Primary forest, on the ridge of the hill Notes - Small tree, up to 20m tall. Stem ca 15cm in diam. Fruits young, green. Wood samples were collected (BO,K,L) Herbarium Bogoriense, Bogo, Indonesia Please notify Bogor Herbarium of new identification of this specimen   List of Herbariums where duplicates were sent.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049852
recordNumber: 2649
modified: 2006-11-08 16:17:23.123000
recordedBy: Edwards Peter J
locality: Furo da Santa Rosa, Rio Uraricoera
eventDate: 1987-03-24 00:00:00.0000000
verbatimEventDate: 24/03/1987
ScientificName: Trichanthera gigantea
scientificNameAuthorship: (Bonpl.) Nees
kingdom: Plantae
family: Acanthaceae
genus: Trichanthera
specificEpithet: gigantea
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Small igaripe c. 1/2km south of junction with Furo da Santa Rosa (Rio Uraricoera). Small tree 11cm. diam. BDH, arching from base over 8m wide stream. Branches all from upperside. Trunk pale fawn. Branches and twigs grey-fawn with a greenish tinge. Leaves dark green and matt adaxially, abaxially slightly lighter with a slight gloss. Very few tertiary branches. The two leaves of each opposite pair always unequal in size. Inflorescence axis & pedicels greenish-fawn. Tube very glossy.  (Diagram of flower included with specimen) See Transparencies 35, 36, & 1, 2. Illustration of tree included with specimen Dupls at BOA VISTA, INPA


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049854
modified: 2006-11-08 16:21:14.430000
ScientificName: Dyera
scientificNameAuthorship: Hook.f.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Dyera
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Memo to Bill Bailey from Peter Gasson W/198/141/88PG dated 8 December 1988 identifying wood try Dyera costulata or D. lowii Label source:  Rexel, Cumberland Pencil Co - made in GB Mr F Walsh Oct 1988


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049855
modified: 2006-11-08 15:41:06.877000
ScientificName: Libocedrus
scientificNameAuthorship: Endl.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Cupressaceae
genus: Libocedrus
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Memo to Bill Bailey from Peter Gasson W/198/141/88 PG (Jodrell) dated 8 December 1988 identifying wood as Libocedrus sp Try L.decurrens Label source:  Rexel, Cumberland Pencil Co - made in GB Mr F Walsh Oct 1988


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049856
modified: 2006-11-08 16:14:24.943000
ScientificName: Abies
scientificNameAuthorship: Mill.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Pinaceae
genus: Abies
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Memo to Bill Bailey from Peter Gasson (Jodrell) W/198/141/88 PG dated 8 December 1988 identifying wood as Abies sp. Pete Gasson thought that the vernacular name of 'White Pine' was incorrect for this specimen Label source:  Rexel, Cumberland Pencil Co - made in GB Mr F Walsh Oct 1988


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049857
recordNumber: JPM 5297
modified: 2006-11-08 16:13:17.153000
recordedBy: Mogea JP, Ismail
country: Indonesia
countryCode: ID
locality: Buru Island, West Buru, Air Buaya, Wae Ha, Base Camp 6
eventDate: 1984-11-13 00:00:00.0000000
verbatimEventDate: 13/11/1984
ScientificName: Syzygium
scientificNameAuthorship: Gaertn.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Myrtaceae
genus: Syzygium
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Habitat - Primary forest, on the the ridge of the hill Notes - Tree, up to 20m tall. Stem ca 15cm in diam. Bark brownish, loose. Fruits whitish green. Wood samples were collected, please notify Bogor Herbarium of new identification of this specimen Herbarium Bogoriense, Bogor, Indonesia  List of Herbarium where duplicates were sent.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049858
recordNumber: EF 624
modified: 2006-11-09 10:40:43.550000
recordedBy: Fernando ES
country: Philippines
countryCode: PH
locality: Philippines, Luzon Island, Batangas Province, Lobo Bay, Seilok
eventDate: 1986-12-01 00:00:00.0000000
verbatimEventDate: 01/12/1986
ScientificName: Tectona philippinensis
scientificNameAuthorship: Benth. & Hook.f. ex Merr.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Lamiaceae
genus: Tectona
specificEpithet: philippinensis
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Flora of The Philippines, University of the Philippines, College of Forestry. Field No. EF 624, Herbarium No. LBC 7203 Habitat - in thicket on very steep slope Tree - small-medium size, Height of plant to 15 m tall, Diameter, breast high to 40cm, fruit in terminal or axillary clusters. Special notes - Bark dippled, flaky; with wide spreading roots; seedlings very few beneath parent plant, apparently with poor production. Note : This tree is IMMEDIATELY ENDANGERED ! from over exploitation for charcoal making and conversion of habitat to fruit tree (Anona squamosa) plantations. H/1089/89


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049859
recordNumber: 1540
modified: 2006-11-08 15:48:23.250000
recordedBy: Lewis GP
country: Brazil
countryCode: BR
locality: Brazil, Territorio Federal de Roraima, Municipio de Boa Vista, Reserva Ecologica de Maraca
eventDate: 1987-03-23 00:00:00.0000000
verbatimEventDate: 23/03/1987
ScientificName: Memora schomburgkii
scientificNameAuthorship: (DC.) Miers
kingdom: Plantae
family: Bignoniaceae
genus: Memora
specificEpithet: schomburgkii
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  North side of Island.  Igarape opposite entrance of Rio Trairao into Rio Santa Rosa.  Banks of Igarape. Vine climbing to 15m, main stem 3cm diam. Ramiflorous. Leaves dark green; calyces bluish-green with glands attended by numerous ants, corolla creamish-lemon. Fruit size and shape of a small cucumber, warty, green. Seeds brownish.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049860
modified: 2007-03-19 10:46:41.270000
ScientificName: Roupala
scientificNameAuthorship: Aubl.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Proteaceae
genus: Roupala
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Doanated by R Pattison, Grays, East London. Bought from craft suppliers, The Old Mill, Millers Lane, Buxton, Derbyshire


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049861
recordNumber: 813
recordedBy: Milliken William
country: Brazil
countryCode: BR
locality: Brazil, Territory of Roraima, SEMA Ecological Reserve, Ilha de Maraca
eventDate: 1988-01-21 00:00:00.0000000
verbatimEventDate: 21/01/1988
ScientificName: Pyrostegia dichotoma
scientificNameAuthorship: Miers ex K.Schum.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Bignoniaceae
genus: Pyrostegia
specificEpithet: dichotoma
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Terra firma forest near station.  Woody vine flowering in canopy. Calyx green. Corolla and anthers bright orange.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049863
recordNumber: 1771
modified: 2006-10-25 11:45:27.083000
recordedBy: Lewis GP, Hughes CE
country: Mexico
countryCode: MX
locality: Mexico, Chiapas, NW of Tuxtla Gutierrez, 3 km N of Chicoasen on road to Copainala
eventDate: 1989-03-08 00:00:00.0000000
verbatimEventDate: 08/03/1989
ScientificName: Lonchocarpus acuminatus
scientificNameAuthorship: (Schltdl.) M.Sousa
kingdom: Plantae
family: Fabaceae
genus: Lonchocarpus
specificEpithet: acuminatus
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Highly degraded dry thorn scrub forest on slopes above Rio Grijalva Multiple-stemmed treelet to 4.5m. DBH ca 8cm. Little branched, open sub-crowns with few leaves but abundant fruit. Bark lumpy, soft, almost corky, grey with a greenish tinge. Horizontal dot-dash lenticels abundant. Slash creamish. Leaflets mid green, slightly paler below. Fruit yellowish green maturing straw coloured. Mature seeds pale buff-tangerine. Duplicates : MEXU Alt 475 to 530m


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049864
modified: 2007-08-31 12:55:50.600000
country: Indonesia
countryCode: ID
ScientificName: Symplocos cochinchinensis var. laurina
scientificNameAuthorship: (Retz.) Raizada
kingdom: Plantae
family: Symplocaceae
genus: Symplocos
specificEpithet: cochinchinensis
infraspecificEpithet: laurina
taxonRank: VARIETY
locality:
Indonesia, West Kalimantan, Danau Sentarum Wildlife Reserve (central part), Pulau Panjang near, Sungei Belitung

occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Ex Herb Leiden Site: Inundated forest, vegetation type 3, with Gluta renghas, Dillenia sp., Microcos sp., Artocarpus teysmanni. Inundated by 2-3m, 5-6 months annually. Soil = Kaolin-illite clay, pH 4.5 to 5. Little organic matter Habit :Small tree, 12m tall. Trunk : 0 = 45cm; bark = scaly, grey/light brown; slash = white; wood = white no resin directly apparent. Flower : white corolla, with a strong, sweet smell, inflorescence stalk = golden brown colour.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049865
recordNumber: 1339
recordedBy: Palacios Walter
country: Ecuador
countryCode: EC
locality: Ecuador, Reserva Biologica 'Jatun Sacha', Rio Napo
eventDate: 1986-10-02 00:00:00.0000000
verbatimEventDate: 02/10/1986
ScientificName: Clavija procera
scientificNameAuthorship: B.Ståhl
kingdom: Plantae
family: Primulaceae
genus: Clavija
specificEpithet: procera
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Missouri Botanical Garden Herbarium (MO) See Carpological Collection NAPO, Reserva Biologica 'Jatun Sacha'. Rio Napo, 8 km rio abajo de Misahualli margen derecha. Bosque primario. Suelos rojos de colinas. Arbol 5m altura. Cauliflor o ramiflor. Botones florales ca 4 - verdosos o cafe amarillos. Frutos amarillos. DINAF-USAID Ecuador : Herbarios MO-NY-QAME


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049866
recordNumber: 1557
modified: 2006-10-24 14:15:36.457000
recordedBy: Lewis GP
country: Brazil
countryCode: BR
eventDate: 1987-03-24 00:00:00.0000000
verbatimEventDate: 24/03/1987
ScientificName: Eschweilera pedicellata
scientificNameAuthorship: (Rich.) S.A.Mori
kingdom: Plantae
family: Lecythidaceae
genus: Eschweilera
specificEpithet: pedicellata
locality:
Brazil, Territorio Federal de Roraima, Municipio de Boa Vista, Reserva Ecologica de Maraca, North Side of Island at Tres Igarapes

occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Ca. 1km up Igarape from sub-camp seasonal evergreen forest at edge of Igarape Tree to 7m overhanging Igarape in open sunny aspect. Bark greyish, flaking, wood very dense. Slash yellowish-cream. Young foliage yellowish green. Older foliage dark green. One open flower lemon yellow without evident scent at ca. 4 pm. Flower buds covered in ants.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049867
recordNumber: 132
recordedBy: Brito HS, da Vinha SG
country: Brazil
countryCode: BR
locality: Brazil, Cacaueira Region
eventDate: 1981-09-22 00:00:00.0000000
verbatimEventDate: 22/09/1981
ScientificName: Pradosia lactescens
scientificNameAuthorship: (Vell.) Radlk.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Pradosia
specificEpithet: lactescens
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Municipio de Santa Cruz de Cabralia.  Est. Ecologica do Pau brasil. Arvorezinha de 6m x 10cm.  Furtos maduros amarelos latex branco.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049868
recordNumber: 1683
modified: 2010-05-27 17:41:35.273000
recordedBy: Lewis GP, Milliken W
country: Brazil
countryCode: BR
locality: Brazil, Territorio Federal de Roraima, Municipio de Boa Vista, Reserva Ecologica de Maraca
eventDate: 1987-10-18 00:00:00.0000000
verbatimEventDate: 18/10/1987
ScientificName: Alexa canaracunensis
scientificNameAuthorship: Pittier
kingdom: Plantae
family: Fabaceae
genus: Alexa
specificEpithet: canaracunensis
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Pururame falls at western tip of the island.  Steep slopes of small hill above Pururame encampment on opposite side of river from Maraca island.  Open brejo forest on hill slopes and summits, main canopy 6-10m, emergent trees to 20 m.  Alt 200m.  Orange clayey soils to 1m deep resulting from weathered schist, overtopped by a deep leaf litter.  Understory rich in Marantaceae, Rubiaceae, Musaceae, Heliconiaceae; Palmae and Musaceae dominant. Dominant tree to 6-7m, diameter of trunk 20cm, this first branching 80cm from ground, two resultant branches 8 and 10cm diam. at breast height.  Bark greyish with a green tinge, vertically fissured.  Outer slash orangish with yellow horizontal lines, inner slash white, slashed area smells of freshly cutcucumbers.  Spiral phyllotaxy, leaflets dark green above, slightly paler below.  Young branchlets mottled shades of grey and white; young stems subtending inflorescences hollow, their inner surface a dark chocolate brown colour.  Hollow part of stems housing small black ants and their larvae;  these ants work floral nectaries cultured on the fleshy pear shaped bracts subtending each flower.  Flower buds greenish overlain by a dark brown, almost black, velvety pubescence, petals greenish-cream in bud (open  flower may be scented).  Fruit velvety dark chochoate brown with a persistent green style.  Plant not reported to be used for medicinal or other purposes.  Photos, flowers in spirit, carpological and wood samples.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049870
modified: 2007-09-06 12:05:25.923000
country: United Kingdom
countryCode: GB
locality: Great Britain
ScientificName: Quercus castaneifolia
scientificNameAuthorship: C.A.Mey.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Fagaceae
genus: Quercus
specificEpithet: castaneifolia
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Species from Caucasus & Persia, clone from UK.  Grafted on the Quercus robur in Britain, and snapped off at graft in the October force 12 storm due to delayed incompatability.  It will be noted that, in cross section of about 20 sq ins the actual union was only 3 sq ins = 15%, so it was very susceptible to storm breakage.  In future this hazard can be eliminated thanks to excellent research on propagation of hardy ornamentals, vide programme 2/86 at East Malling.  This involves dark treatment in May, followed by taking long, etiolated cuttings in early June, which were then rooted under fog. (vide Report for 1986, nurserymen to support this research (Q robur 'Fastigata').  This tree was planted in April 1979 and had grown to 21ft and was very ornamental. Exhibited by EF Allen, Felcourt, Copdock, Suffolk, IP8 3JR.  24th Nov 1987


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049871
recordNumber: 2112
modified: 2010-06-08 14:51:32.550000
recordedBy: de Carvalho Andre M, Chautems A, Carvalho C
country: Brazil
countryCode: BR
locality: Brazil, Bahia, Mun de Valenca
eventDate: 1986-01-08 00:00:00.0000000
verbatimEventDate: 08/01/1986
ScientificName: Bowdichia virgilioides
scientificNameAuthorship: Kunth
kingdom: Plantae
family: Fabaceae
genus: Bowdichia
specificEpithet: virgilioides
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Estrade para Orobo, com entrada a 3km da Rod.  Valenca-BR 101. 3km ramal adentrno.  Vegetacao de Mata Higrofila semi destruida com cultivos, mas com especies remanescentes da vegetacao original. Arvore 8m de altura.  Foliolos leve discolores Flores com calice atropurpureo, petalas azul violaceas.  Frutos imaturos amarelo claros com base e apice avermelhados.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049872
recordNumber: 2115
modified: 2006-11-03 16:18:31.903000
recordedBy: de Carvalho Andre M
country: Brazil
countryCode: BR
locality: Brazil, Estrada de Encruzilhada Para Divisopolis., Campos Gerais
identifiedBy: Lewis GP
ScientificName: Bowdichia virgilioides
scientificNameAuthorship: Kunth
kingdom: Plantae
family: Fabaceae
genus: Bowdichia
specificEpithet: virgilioides
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Flora of Brazil, 9 Jan 1986.  Arvore com ate 10m de altura.  Esteril ou com futos passados.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049873
recordNumber: 2129
modified: 2006-11-06 16:32:54.193000
recordedBy: de Carvalho Andre M
country: Brazil
countryCode: BR
locality: Brazil, Para, Municipio de Santarem. Praia do Maracana
eventDate: 1986-01-18 00:00:00.0000000
verbatimEventDate: 18/01/1986
ScientificName: Machaerium inundatum
scientificNameAuthorship: (Mart. ex Benth.) Ducke
kingdom: Plantae
family: Fabaceae
genus: Machaerium
specificEpithet: inundatum
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Margem do Rio Tapajos, ca 8km do centro Santarem. Vegetacao a margem do rio, praia de arreias brancas.  Arbusto escandente crescendo com ramos apoiados sobre a praia.  Folhas verdes concolores. Furtos imaturos verdes com margem amarelada.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049876
recordNumber: 2130
modified: 2006-11-03 16:19:01.090000
recordedBy: de Carvalho Andre M
country: Brazil
countryCode: BR
locality: Brazil, Estado de Para, Santarem, Local Diamantino, Campo entre trechos de mata
eventDate: 1986-01-18 00:00:00.0000000
verbatimEventDate: 18/01/1986
identifiedBy: Lewis GP
ScientificName: Lonchocarpus floribundus
scientificNameAuthorship: Benth.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Fabaceae
genus: Lonchocarpus
specificEpithet: floribundus
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  See spirit collection.  Herb hort reg bot Kew.  Flora of Brazil. Cipo crescendo algo ereto com ramos entrelacados. Frutos imaturos verde amarelados, maduros marrons.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049877
modified: 2006-11-03 16:16:47.797000
recordedBy: Phalatse David
country: Zimbabwe
countryCode: ZW
locality: Zimbabwe, Bophuthatswana
ScientificName: Lonchocarpus capassa
scientificNameAuthorship: Rolfe
kingdom: Plantae
family: Fabaceae
genus: Lonchocarpus
specificEpithet: capassa
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Memo from Peter Gasson to Rupert Hastings - I enclose some wood samples for the wood collection. They were brought here by David Phalatse, who has now returned to Bophuthatswana. 3 of them have decent details. The others only have a name and I'll try to find out more.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049878
modified: 2006-11-06 18:25:41.093000
recordedBy: Phalatse David
ScientificName: Pterocarpus angolensis
scientificNameAuthorship: DC.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Fabaceae
genus: Pterocarpus
specificEpithet: angolensis
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Memo from P. Gasson to R.Hastings - I enclose some wood samples for the wood collection. They were brought here by David Phalatse, who has now returned to Bophuthatswana. 3 of them have decent details. The others only have a name and I'll try to find out more.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049879
recordNumber: 2
modified: 2006-11-03 16:14:29.883000
recordedBy: Makombe E
country: Zimbabwe
countryCode: ZW
locality: Zimbabwe, Harare
eventDate: 1989-06-21 00:00:00.0000000
verbatimEventDate: 21/06/1989
ScientificName: Dalbergia lactea
scientificNameAuthorship: Vatke
kingdom: Plantae
family: Fabaceae
genus: Dalbergia
specificEpithet: lactea
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Ex Herbario Zimbabwensi (SRGH) Flora of Zimbabwe Climbing to +/- 11m when specimen was collected. Cultivated from seed collected from 1832B4VQ885755 Nyamingura R by T Muller Label source:  Memo from P Gasson to R Hastings - I enclose some wood samples for the wood collection. They were bought here by David Phalatse, who has now returned to Bophuthatswana. 3 of them have decent details. The others only have a name and I'll try to find out more.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049880
recordNumber: 7
modified: 2016-12-15 12:47:56.023000
recordedBy: Makombe E
country: Zimbabwe
countryCode: ZW
locality: Zimbabwe, Harare
eventDate: 1989-06-21 00:00:00.0000000
verbatimEventDate: 21/06/1989
ScientificName: Dalbergia boehmii
scientificNameAuthorship: Taub.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Fabaceae
genus: Dalbergia
specificEpithet: boehmii
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Ex Herbario Zimbabwensi (SRGH) Flora of Zimbabwe Tree height was +/- 10m when specimen was collected Cultivated from seed collected by RB Drummond near Kalene Hill. Label source:  Memo from P Gasson to R Hastings - I enclose some wood samples for the wood collections. They were brought here by David Phalatse, who has now returned to Bophuthatswana. 3 of them have decent details. The others only have a name and I'll try to find out more. Displayed in 'Kew in the city' at Wizadry in Wood, Carpenters' Hall, Trogmorton Avenue, London EC2N 2JJ, Oct 12-15, 2016 (curated collection of wooden objects and rare timbers from EBC)


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049881
recordNumber: 3
modified: 2006-10-30 14:41:27.270000
recordedBy: Makombe E
country: Zimbabwe
countryCode: ZW
locality: Zimbabwe, Harare
eventDate: 1989-06-21 00:00:00.0000000
verbatimEventDate: 21/06/1989
ScientificName: Dalbergia arbutifolia
scientificNameAuthorship: Baker
kingdom: Plantae
family: Fabaceae
genus: Dalbergia
specificEpithet: arbutifolia
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Ex Herbario Zimbabwensi (SRGH) Flora of Zimbabwe Climbing up to +/- 7m when specimen was collected. Young plant collected on 27.04.65 by HDL Corby from Grasslands Research Station - Marondera Label source:  Memo P Gasson to R Hastings - I enclose some wood samples for the wood collection. They were brought here by David Phalatse, who has now returned to Bophuthatswana. 3 of them have decent details. The others only have a name and I'll try to find out more.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049882
modified: 2006-10-30 14:34:40.240000
ScientificName: Landolphia heudelotii
scientificNameAuthorship: A.DC.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Landolphia
specificEpithet: heudelotii
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  According to Hua and Chevalier L.senegalensis does not yield any rubber. The Landolphia called 'Toll' and producing good rubber in senegambia is L.heudelotii.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049891
country: Malaysia
countryCode: MY
locality: Borneo, Lawas River
ScientificName: Leuconotis eugeniifolia
scientificNameAuthorship: (Wall. ex G.Don) A.DC.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Leuconotis
specificEpithet: eugeniifolia
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Yields best elastic gutta or rubber of the Bornean woods -FW Burbidge Dec 14:78: All the 3 vars or species of Manoungaus (?) of the Lewas River are used indiscriminently in the manufacture of Bornean 'Gutta Srosoa'


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collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049903
country: Nigeria
countryCode: NG
locality: Central Africa, Ekoi Country
ScientificName: Landolphia
scientificNameAuthorship: P.Beauv.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Landolphia
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  India rubber from Landolphia contained in shell of a fruit of Brehmia spinosa or Strychnos spinosa


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collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049917
modified: 2006-05-08 15:42:58.343000
country: Trinidad and Tobago
countryCode: TT
locality: Trinidad
ScientificName: Odontadenia speciosa
scientificNameAuthorship: Benth.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Odontadenia
specificEpithet: speciosa
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Submitted to Messrs Figgis Fenchurch St EC.  who told me that it would be worth about 2/- per lb. but that a larger sample should be forwarded for upon


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collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049927
modified: 2006-05-04 14:48:06.477000
country: Brazil
countryCode: BR
locality: Brazil
ScientificName: Plumeria
scientificNameAuthorship: Tourn. ex L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Plumeria
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  No 1 55.1924 Mr Terry No 2 57.1924 Madeira-Mamore Railway Label source:  Madeira-Mamore Railway Co. Friars House, New Broad St. EC 257.1924, Letter 361, 1924 : xvi. p.39 Certificate of Analysis - Report on sample marked No 2 (unknown resin) received from the Madira-Mamore Railway Co - 21.8.1924 Resin : 72 1/2 00 Gutta Hydrocarbon : 13.45 Moisture : 3.15 Bark, Dirt etc (Insoluble in Benzol) : 10.60 Mineral Matter (Ash) : 0.80 Tatal 100.00 Analysis of resin Albane : 43.20% Fluavile : 28.80%


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049928
modified: 2006-04-21 12:46:42.820000
ScientificName: Plumeria
scientificNameAuthorship: Tourn. ex L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Plumeria
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Letter 361,1921 : xvi p.39 Leaves to Herb 2.X.24 Specimen X is a species of Plumeria closely related to Plumeria sucauba, Spruce. (Extraction from report by Mr Sprague (9.XII.24) on specimens received for identification from the Madeira-Mamore Railway Co.) JHH


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049945
modified: 2005-04-05 16:43:46.360000
country: Solomon Islands
countryCode: SB
locality: San Cristoval, Solomon Islands
ScientificName: Rejoua aurantiaca
scientificNameAuthorship: (Gaudich.) Gaudich.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Rejoua
specificEpithet: aurantiaca
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Recd.iii.95 Fruit orange-red, 6 to 8 inches long twisted. Museum - The only follicle we have of this singular fruit, which has been grown for Sc. Plant


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049955
modified: 2004-07-20 12:36:06.217000
recordedBy: Spruce, Richard
country: Brazil
countryCode: BR
locality: Brazil, Amazonas, Rio Uaupes
ScientificName: Prestonia
scientificNameAuthorship: Scop.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Malvaceae
genus: Prestonia
occurrenceRemarks:
Source: Museum Entry Book 1847-55, p 258-9: Called by the Indians caapi and of the roots and leaves of a Haemadictyou, called caapi piniona the leaves being veined with red.  From these ingredients, the Banisteria entering much more largely than the haemadictyou, is prepared an intoxicating drink known to all the natives on the Uaupés by the name of caapi.  In the Dabocuris of the Uaupé Indians, the young men who figure in the dances drink of the caapi 5 or 4 times during the night the dose being a smallcuya, the size of a very small teacup, twice filled.  In two minutes after drinking it, its effects begin to be apparent.  The Indian turns deadly pale, trembles in every limb and horror is in his aspect; suddenly contrary symptoms succeed- he bursts intoa perspiration and seems possessed with reckless fury- seizes whatever arms are at hand, his murucú, cutlass or bow and arrows and rushes to the doorway, where he inflicts deadly wounds on the ground or doorposts calling out ' Thus would I do to such a one (naming someone against whom he has a grudge) were he within my reach'  In the space of 10 minutes the effects wear off and the Indian becomes calm, but appears much exhausted.


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collectionCode: Economic Botany
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occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049956
modified: 2005-05-03 16:54:30.863000
country: Papua New Guinea
countryCode: PG
locality: Admiralty Islands
ScientificName: Rejoua aurantiaca
scientificNameAuthorship: (Gaudich.) Gaudich.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Rejoua
specificEpithet: aurantiaca
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Probably R.aurantiaca Gaud, not a Tabernaemontana ! Journ Linn Soc XV p.77 Sarge vermillion red fruit, very abundant in swamps (?) in Admiralty Is. amongst the drift wood from N Guinea and at Ascc. ?


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049959
modified: 2006-05-04 14:49:34.567000
country: Tanzania
countryCode: TZ
locality: Zanzibar
ScientificName: Saba florida
scientificNameAuthorship: (Benth.) Bullock
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Saba
specificEpithet: florida
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  'Mtiri' Landolphia kirkii, F Holmwood HM Vice Consul Zanzibar. Kew Report 1880.40 - one specimen has been buried for a month or more. This is done for concealment and some buried samples undergo a discolouration which diminishes their commercial value. India Rubber from 'Mtiri' collected in District of Mangao East Africa


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collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049960
country: Malawi
countryCode: MW
locality: British Central Africa, West Nyasa District
ScientificName: Saba florida
scientificNameAuthorship: (Benth.) Bullock
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Saba
specificEpithet: florida
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  One label states that there are branches, these seem to be missing. Landolphia florida - from Herb material accompanying this sample the specific name has been identified.  Messrs Hecht, Levis & Kahn report upon the rubber as being of goodquality & properly prepared. Valued today at 3/- to 3/1 per lb. 8.6.98 J Mst


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collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049962
modified: 2006-04-20 16:05:24.440000
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: Madras, Nilgiris
ScientificName: Saba florida
scientificNameAuthorship: (Benth.) Bullock
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Saba
specificEpithet: florida
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  7/16 oz of Landolphia rubber - obtained by pounding 4 ozs of the dried bark obtained from incisions made in the bark of L.florida, Benth. brought from Nilambur in January 1903. Prepared at the Government Botanic Garden Ootacamund January 1904


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collectionCode: Economic Botany
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occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049967
recordedBy: King John
country: Chile
countryCode: CL
locality: Chile, Desert of Atacama, Carrizal Bajo
ScientificName: Skytanthus acutus
scientificNameAuthorship: Meyen
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Skytanthus
specificEpithet: acutus
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Reise I 376 Gay iv 385.  Syn. Scytalanthus, Schauer.  Neriandra angustifolia DC.  Pentagonum, Endl.


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collectionCode: Economic Botany
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occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049989
modified: 2007-01-18 16:22:35.050000
country: Cameroon
countryCode: CM
locality: Cameroons
ScientificName: Strophanthus gratus
scientificNameAuthorship: Franch.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Strophanthus
specificEpithet: gratus
occurrenceRemarks:
Opuscular source:  Memo to Keeper. (Letter 173, 1912, vii p 139.  From Cope (Tropical Seed Merchant, London EC.)  We have only a few detached seed received as those of S gratus.  They agree with the seeds in the follicles received today and I have no reason to doubt their belonging.  Have you any to compare? The seeds are not as glabrous as described for S gratus.  Signed OS  24.iv.12. Informed Dr Stapf that the material was identical with that received from Dr JW Rowland 7.4.90, and determined by Stapf as S gratus.  Suggested keeping sample from Cope intact for museum, and to have Dr Rowlands kept in Herb. JMH 27.4.12.


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occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049993
modified: 2007-01-16 16:42:44.327000
country: Cameroon
countryCode: CM
locality: Cameroons
ScientificName: Strophanthus gratus
scientificNameAuthorship: Franch.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Strophanthus
specificEpithet: gratus
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Seeds and pods verified by Dr Stapf as S gratus, letter 173, 1912, p139  (Letter book vii)


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occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000049994
modified: 2007-01-17 15:14:43.173000
locality: West Africa
ScientificName: Strophanthus hispidus
scientificNameAuthorship: DC.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Strophanthus
specificEpithet: hispidus
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  E African dependencies.  Cockspur St, for verification.  2 species found CH Dale, Deputy commissioner, Royal Mail Building, SW1,  9 March 1932 (KJenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar.  Sample of S gratus seed for verif. and return if had to be sent out of E Africa. See notes of letters in Apocynaceae. Reply sent from Herb.  16. iii. 32. 'In reply to your letter of 9th inst. the sample of Strophanthus seed has been found to contain 2 sp - S gratus (Glabrous seed) and S hispidus (Hairy seed).  Being returned under separate cover.


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collectionCode: Economic Botany
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modified: 2007-01-16 16:44:32.163000
country: Tanzania
countryCode: TZ
locality: Tanzania
ScientificName: Strophanthus eminii
scientificNameAuthorship: Asch. ex Pax
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Strophanthus
specificEpithet: eminii
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Envelope containing packets of Strophanthus eminii, hispidus, kombe from Herb specimens. Opuscular source:  Letter dated Sept 4 1928 - Dear Sir, I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of Aug 24 (Ref. No. 629) accompanied by specimens of Strophanthus seeds from Tanganyika.  On examination these seeds were found to agree outwardly with seeds of Strophanthus eminii Asch. & Pax. in our Herbarium collection. Yours faithfully Director. Note M558-28. Seeds from Tanganyika. Director, Imperial Inst. Ref D.629 A number of the seeds from Tanganyika and some seeds of Strophanthus kombe and S. hispidus have been tested with sulphuric acid, dry sections and concentrated acid being used.  In S.kombe and S.hispidus a strong green colour appeared in the andosperm almost at once after adding the acid, but was not seen in any of the seeds from Tanganyika. The endosperm and cotyledons of the latter turned yellow at first, and, in most cases, reddish or purple after some time. When a strong purple tint had been reached, rinsing in water removed the red colour and revealed a pale greenish colour in the cotyledons. In S.kombe and S.hispidus, sulphuric acid eventually turned the cotyledons reddish or purple or greenish. The strong green colour maybe overlooked in the endosperm of these two species if the sections are examined soon enough after adding the sulphuric acid, as the tissue becomes almost black after a time.   The seeds from Tanganyika should be referred to the Herbarium for an opinion as to their identity LAB 30.8.28 Seeds to Herbarium 31.viii.28 JHH Mr Dallimore - Miss Moss reports that the seeds match those of S.eminii Asch. & Pax. 3.9.25.


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modified: 2007-01-16 16:44:48.647000
country: Mozambique
countryCode: MZ
locality: Mozambique
ScientificName: Strophanthus kombe
scientificNameAuthorship: Oliv.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Strophanthus
specificEpithet: kombe
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Mr Holland, I take this for S.kombe. We have, however, only very poor seed material on our side. Can you identify it ? 2.9.07. Otto Stapf


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occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050020
country: Mozambique
countryCode: MZ
locality: East Africa, Chinde
ScientificName: Strophanthus kombe
scientificNameAuthorship: Oliv.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Strophanthus
specificEpithet: kombe
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Some pods sent to the pits for growing JMH 4.6.01.    Lying at London Docks, Drug Warehouse Ex Induna, per Inanda. 5 Pockets Strophanthus seed,  9 bales S. Pods.


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occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050023
modified: 2007-01-16 16:45:50.733000
locality: South East Africa
ScientificName: Strophanthus
scientificNameAuthorship: DC.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Strophanthus
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Active principle of the Gombi Arrow Poison - the physiological action of this poison, derived from the S hispidus, has been studied by Fraser, Pelikan and others.  It arrests the ventricle of the frogs heart in systole, before the functional activity of the nerve centres and voluntary muscles is in any way impaired.  Gallois and Hardy have lately succeeded in isolating the active principle of the poison, strophantine, from the seeds, in a crystaline form (Comptes Rendus, 5 Fevrier, 1877).It does not give any of the usual reactions of an alkaloid and contains no nitrogen.  Academy  - March 10, 1877.


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modified: 2003-07-29 17:05:23.340000
locality: West Africa
ScientificName: Strophanthus sarmentosus
scientificNameAuthorship: DC.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Strophanthus
specificEpithet: sarmentosus
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  5 arrows poisoned with S sarmentosus (See Trans Roy Soc Edinburgh, vol XLVII Part ii, 1910 - 341-410) Sir TR Fraser.  See letter 4, 1919. xii p181


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occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050028
modified: 2010-03-15 15:01:29.110000
country: Zambia
countryCode: ZM
locality: Zambia, Belembi, Landazi District
ScientificName: Strophanthus kombe
scientificNameAuthorship: Oliv.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Strophanthus
specificEpithet: kombe
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  As prepared by native S. collectors in the Lundazi District for sale on the Nyasaland border.  The tips and bases of the follicles are cut off and the outer skin stripped off and tied in pairs in  a band or strip with fibre or rope and a bundle is sold at the rate of 1d per pair.  The seeds give a green reaction; tested at the Royal Pharm Soc.


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occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050031
modified: 2006-08-03 16:04:31.957000
country: Niger
countryCode: NE
locality: Niger
ScientificName: Strophanthus
scientificNameAuthorship: DC.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Strophanthus
occurrenceRemarks:
Opuscular source:  Memo from Hale & Son, Fenchurch Ave to JM Hillier Esq - Dear sir, I have today sent you the bundle of Niger S. Pods.  I regret I have been so long in sending you these, with Kind Regards, Yours faithfully GH Christy.


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occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050037
modified: 2012-04-27 13:23:57.860000
locality: East Africa
ScientificName: Strophanthus eminii
scientificNameAuthorship: Asch. ex Pax
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Strophanthus
specificEpithet: eminii
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Enquiries concerning the identification of S seeds have been dealt with at the Jodrell from time to time since 1912 onwards.  Mr Boodle always used as a test which distinguished S hispidus and S kombe from other sp the fact that, when dry sections of the seeds of these 2 sp are treated with conc sulphuric acid, the endosperm becomes brilliantly coloured with green.  Other sp when treated in this way go yellow.  If this test gives a true result we must presume that the seeds now sent are not kombe or hispidus.  Sections of seeds from the museum labelled kombe which were tested at the same time gave the green colour.  Superficially the seeds appear the same as emini.  S emini also fails to give the green colour with sulphuric acid.  CRM 15.11.32.


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recordedBy: Lyne RH
country: Tanzania
countryCode: TZ
locality: Zanzibar
ScientificName: Tabernaemontana usambarensis
scientificNameAuthorship: K.Schum. ex Engl.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Tabernaemontana
specificEpithet: usambarensis
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Fruits of a Apocynaceous tree that yields a kind of rubber sent by Mr Lyne, A Zanzibar, who says he will forward flowers etc shortly


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modified: 2006-08-08 16:45:13.807000
recordedBy: Lyne RH
country: Tanzania
countryCode: TZ
locality: Zanzibar
ScientificName: Tabernaemontana usambarensis
scientificNameAuthorship: K.Schum. ex Engl.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Tabernaemontana
specificEpithet: usambarensis
occurrenceRemarks:
Opuscular source:  Letter (copy) addressed to Director (London, March 31st, 1900) I am sending you samples of the Gutta Percha together with specimens of the flowers and leaves of the tree to which I referred in my letter of last week. I hope the case containing specimens of the fruit will have reached you from the Docks.  The tree is growing in a small piece of native forest on the experimental plantation, Disorga?, Zanzibar.  It has a rough bark grows to a ht of 40 ft, and 2 ft round the stem.  It belongs apparently to the natural order Apocynaceae and bears fruit freely all the year round.  The natives call it Mwango and Mappumbukina and they use the roots, dipped in boiled cocoanut as a remedy for itch. 35 trees are growing in the Dunga coppice whichis less than an acre in extent.  This small coppice had been left by the natives as a grave yard, and I have little doubt from the existence of these patches scattered about, that the land both in Zanzibar and Pemba which is now under Arab and native cultivation was at one time forest.  The prob are therefore that the tree will be found distrributed through the forests at the North of Pemba and possibly also through those of the mainland.  Latex flows both from the trunk and the fruit.  The 3 lumps of Gutta I send you are all from the fruit.  The latex lies just beneath the epidermis and is extracted by pricking the fruit all over with the point of a knife or a horse's curry comb.  It is a rather thick consistency and has to be scraped off the smooth surface.  It coagulates after about 6 hours exposure to the air.  This is how ball no 1 was produced.  We afterwards washed the sticky latex off the fruit with water by which means the waste is much reduced and a much greater propartion of the milk coagulated. The water is then poured into a pot kept simmering over a fire, the gutta separating out within a few minutes.  This is a much more expeditious method and is how balls no 2 and 3 were produced.  But you will observe that the quality of 2 & 3  which arelight and in parts friable, is inferior to that of no 1 which is dense and heavy.  I infer from this that the coagulation of the latex should be allowed to proceed naturally and not hastened by the application of heat.  No 1 was originally 2 lumps which I moulded together by plunging them in hot water to make them plastic this accounts for the diff in the quality of the two hemispheres caused by the employment in one case of heat as explained above.  No 1 weighs a little less than a pound and was collected by 5 men and boys in one day from 125 fruits.  We were however only experimenting and I had  no time, before leaving for England to follow these experiments up. The latex from the trunk is much more watery than that from the fruit and did not coagulate, after several days it solidified, upon evaporation of the moisture, into a white friable substance, a sample of which I send you a bottle.  Ammonia, hydrochloric acid and heating had no effect upon it and I am unable to say whether any reagent would make it plastic.  We employed the usual method of herring boning the tree to extract the milk but used a blacksmiths paring knife for cutting the conduits.  The reflex extremity of the knife forms a gouge which if drawn down the bark scoops out a channel in one operation.  The milk from both the stem and the fruit is caustic and causes great irritation to the quicks of the fingers, making them bleed. (Signed) R W Lyne


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occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050054
country: Congo, Republic of the
countryCode: CG
locality: Lower Congo
ScientificName: Tabernanthe iboga
scientificNameAuthorship: Baill.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Tabernanthe
specificEpithet: iboga
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Contains a large quantity of an alkaloid and is much valued as a febrifuge of the Lower Congo.


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modified: 2008-06-27 10:08:42.277000
country: Nigeria
countryCode: NG
locality: Southern Nigeria, River Niger, Asaba, nr Ogwashi-Uka
ScientificName: Tabernaemontana pachysiphon
scientificNameAuthorship: Stapf
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Tabernaemontana
specificEpithet: pachysiphon
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Ex Herb Hort Bot Reg Kew Fibre yarn of an Ufa cloth made from the bark.  Sent by Dept of Agriculture from Ogwashi-Uka.  Letter 714/101/1919 of 16.7.1919. Opuscular source:  Letter 333, 1919, xiii p70, from WH Johnson, Agric Dept, S Provinces, Nigeria, Ibadan 16th July 1919. (714/101/1919) to Sir David Prain. In further reference to the subject of my letter dated 1st Dec 1918, and your letter of 29th Jan. last, I am sending to Kew today by post 2 parcels containing herbarium specimens and bark of the shrub from which Ufa cloths are made together with some fibre, yarn and an Ufa cloths made from the bark of this shrub.  The specimen marked A, B & C show the fibre and the yarn in three stages of preparation. The specimens were all collected near Ogwashi-Uku, a place near Asaba, which is situated on the right bank of the Niger. The cloth I purchased in the same district for 7/6, but the finest Ufa cloths are sold at as much as 1 pound sterling each. 2. Bark for fibre making is stripped from the young shoots at any time of the year. The bark is cleaned by scraping it with a blunt knife or a sharpened piece of bamboo. The scraped bark is then washed in water and hung in the sun to bleach. The fibre is made into yarn by rubbing it on the fleshy part of the leg with the hand. 3. The shrub grows to about 12 ft. high, it has handsome dark green, glabrous foliage and white fragrant flowers. I send a few of its seeds in case you may care to propagate them for your living collection. Signed WH Johnson,The Director Copy 15. ix.19


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modified: 2004-07-20 12:47:41.343000
recordedBy: Spruce, Richard
country: Brazil
countryCode: BR
locality: Brazil, Amazonas, Rio Negro, Marabitanas
ScientificName: Thevetia peruviana
scientificNameAuthorship: (Pers.) K.Schum.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Thevetia
specificEpithet: peruviana
occurrenceRemarks:
Source: Spruce, R. (1851-1855) Uses of Amazon plants.  Journals from Barra to the Orinoco, from Barra to Tarapoto and notes on the uses of Amazon plants and on cryptograms, p17.:  Endo-carps (seeds removed) are strung together and are used in Dabocuris being wrapped round arch of each foot.


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recordNumber: 27
modified: 2016-12-13 11:03:30.383000
recordedBy: Palmer Dr Edward
country: Mexico
countryCode: MX
locality: Mexico
eventDate: 1895-03-01 00:00:00.0000000
verbatimEventDate: 00/03/1895
ScientificName: Thevetia peruviana
scientificNameAuthorship: (Pers.) K.Schum.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Thevetia
specificEpithet: peruviana
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Plants of Mexico collected in Acapulco and vicinity, distributed through the US National Herbarium Dr E Palmer Oct 1894 to March 1895


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050067
modified: 2006-07-27 14:15:43.387000
country: Malaysia
countryCode: MY
locality: Malacca, Ayer Panas
ScientificName: Urceola brachysepala
scientificNameAuthorship: Hook.f.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Urceola
specificEpithet: brachysepala
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  6.3478 A strong good quality rubber, light coloured and clean, probable value 2/7d to 2/10d per lb.  Report Hecht, Levis & Kahn  July 17 1900


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050068
modified: 2006-07-27 12:12:46.820000
country: BU
countryCode: BU
locality: Burma
ScientificName: Urceola esculenta
scientificNameAuthorship: (A.DC.) Benth. ex Kurz
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Urceola
specificEpithet: esculenta
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  A note of tree enclosed label handed to Mr Dyer Sep 24 1887 asking for further information. India rubber the produce of either Talaingno (Parameria glandulifera) or Kyetpaung (Aganosma acuminata) rec'd. from Mr Thellusson, Deputy Conservator of Forests, Phounghoo with outer label, a letter has been sent sent asking from which it has been derived and as soon as its known will be communicated. R & A. Rev (?) & Agric Dept J Mst


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050071
modified: 2011-06-13 10:42:05.857000
locality: Leper Island, Pulau jerajah, Near Penang
ScientificName: Willughbeia firma
scientificNameAuthorship: Blume
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Willughbeia
specificEpithet: firma
occurrenceRemarks:
Opuscular source:  Letter - 6 Mincing Lane, June 17th 1908 to Director Kew, Dear Sir, We have carefully examined the sample of rubber you handed us this afternoon. The biscuits are very dark and rough, but fairly strong and in good condition, worth about 3/- per lb. The nuggets, are clean and in good condition, but cut wet and very spongy, value about 1/9. 1/10 per lb. The scrap is ordinary black ill  shapen lumps, also cutting spongy and wet and shewing (sic) a few pieces of bark and grit, worth about 1/6, 1/8 per lb.  The best form to send this rubber in would be as biscuits, but a little more care should be taken in the preparation. In the sample they are very uneven, and evidently not properly rolled; we think they have probably been exposed to the air  and sunlight causing discolouration. Signed Lewis & Peat. Opuscular source:  Getah Gerip from Pulau Jerajah - During the last year Dr Mugliston, Senior Medical Officer, Penang reported to the President Councillor there that he had prepared samples ofa rubber obtained from rubber vines growing on Pulau Jerajah, the Leper Island, near Penang, and that some Penang buyers regarded the samples as rubber of the first quality.  By direction of the Resident Councillor I visited the Island and was shewn a vine then in flower which proved to be Willughbeia firma the well known 'Getah Gerip'.  From several incisions I obtained a small quanity of latex but this failed to coagulate with the only agent I had with me viz. acetic acid. I understood Dr Mugliston coagulated his samples by raising the temperature of the latex. The latex exuded much quicker from the blow of a large heavy knife than from ordinary tapping instrument and runs off fairly clean, leaving very little latex to coagulate on the bark (practically nil).  I was told there were several vines on this little island. What I saw did not exceed 3 1/2 inches in diameter and I was not fortunate enough to find any seedlings which it is suggested might be abundant. It is however interesting to record an isolated place where the plants are not likely to be exploited.  Dr Mugliston's samples were prepared in biscuits, cups and lump. These were exhibited at the Kuala Kangsar show last year without sucess in the class Jungle Rubbers. Subsequently through the kindness of the Director of the Royal Gardens Kew, the following report was obtainend from Messrs Lewis & Peat. (See above Letter) Note - The rubber, except when at the Kuala Kangsar show was not exposed to the light. It is obvious from the wet and spongy conditions spoken of such rubbers should be thoroughly smoked, and if prepared in biscuit form would very likely command a higher price, as native collected getah gerip is usually exported in large balls which are impossible to smoke efficiently, R.Derry.From the Agric Bull of the Straits and Fed Malay States, Sept 1908 pp.391-392


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collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050072
modified: 2006-08-07 16:06:19.940000
recordedBy: Welwitsch Dr
country: Angola
countryCode: AO
locality: West Tropical Africa, Golungo Alto
eventDate: 1877-01-01 00:00:00.0000000
verbatimEventDate: 00/00/1877
ScientificName: Voacanga angolensis
scientificNameAuthorship: Stapf ex Hiern
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Voacanga
specificEpithet: angolensis
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Barnstaple 1882 April 6 - Dear Jackson, I have not here the Apocynaceae of Welwitsch, nor have I yet done this family for the catalogue. On referring to my notes, I find that Welw. cat. gen. nn 5931, 5979, 5980, coll carp. nn 720, 721, 956, all belong to Welwitsch's proposed new genus Heterospiron; 5931 is H.acutifolium Welw. ms. you better consult the Herbarium. It may all be one species of an undiscovered genus Yours very truely WP Hiern.  Note in German ? or Latin ?


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050080
country: Malaysia
countryCode: MY
locality: Malacca, Ayer Panas
ScientificName: Willughbeia firma
scientificNameAuthorship: Blume
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Willughbeia
specificEpithet: firma
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  C.347 Coll Ayer Panas, Malacca A dark rubber, good quality strong and clear. Probable value 2/6d to 2/7d. Report Hecht, Levis and Kahn July 17 1900


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050083
modified: 2006-08-02 16:26:35.753000
country: Singapore
countryCode: SG
locality: Singapore
ScientificName: Willughbeia flavescens
scientificNameAuthorship: Dyer ex Hook.f.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Willughbeia
specificEpithet: flavescens
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Milk collected in bottle and coagulated; dark barked climber from jungle close to Singapore Botanic Garden


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050093
modified: 2007-03-08 12:15:42.983000
country: Singapore
countryCode: SG
locality: Singapore
ScientificName: Willughbeia
scientificNameAuthorship: Scop.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Willughbeia
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Prepared mechanically by grinding the bark P van Romburgh, Docteur es Sciences, chef du Jardin d'essais et du Laboratoire de Chimie agricole de Buitenzorg (Java) India rubber


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050129
country: Vietnam
countryCode: VN
locality: Tonkin, Hanoi
ScientificName: Apocynaceae
scientificNameAuthorship: Juss.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  With pot of rubber from Funtumia sp, from a tree planted in 1898, at St Clair Experimental Station, Trinidad, 111.1899 JH Hart, Trinidad.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050132
modified: 2005-07-05 15:26:06.063000
country: Nigeria
countryCode: NG
locality: Nigeria, Sokoto
ScientificName: Apocynaceae
scientificNameAuthorship: Juss.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Root sent under names of 'Gangamau' and of Curcuma longa, as being used in yellow dye for skins in Nigeria This is not Curcuma longa. It probably belongs to the Asclepiadaceae or Apocynaceae or Euphorbiaceae, and may perhaps be a Pergularia, a species of this genus being mentioned as supplying a constituent of the Nigerian dye.  LAB 7. 11.21.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050136
modified: 2007-01-16 16:46:16.243000
locality: East Africa
ScientificName: Acokanthera schimperi
scientificNameAuthorship: (A.DC.) Schweinf.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Acokanthera
specificEpithet: schimperi
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Root from which the Wa Taita prepare Arrow Poison, evergreen shrub about 15ft high  F.Holmwood Specimens of the wood from which an East African arrow poison is obtained - believed to be that from which Ouabaiue (Arnaud) was obtained ? - for comparison with your specimens Signed ??  7.10.90


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050142
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: India
ScientificName: Alstonia scholaris
scientificNameAuthorship: (L.) R.Br.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Alstonia
specificEpithet: scholaris
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Presented by curator India Museum I think this bark must be mixed. I have found 3 pieces with rosette ..?.. only whereas A.scholaris should have abundant prisms. Most of the pieces have abundant prisims. Alstonia - The bark of A.scholaris,R.Brown and of A.constricta, F. von Mueller.  Bitter, tonic, astringent and antiperiodic. The first contains ditain from which the alkaloid ditin (end of word missing)  may be obtained ; the second  contains the alkaloids alston... and ....rogenine, porphyrine, porphyrosine and alstonidine.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050144
ScientificName: Apocynum cannabinum
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Apocynum
specificEpithet: cannabinum
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Purchased from Messrs Potter & Clarke June 1925 This sample appears to be A.androsaemifolium, examined April 19 31 TEW


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050157
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: India
ScientificName: Alstonia
scientificNameAuthorship: R.Br.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Alstonia
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  London Dock Sample 1955 - 55/2208, Crude Drug, India 51/54, 1/2 lb sample Root bark ex 51


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050160
country: Congo, Republic of the
countryCode: CG
locality: Belgian Congo, Kisantu
ScientificName: Picralima klaineana
scientificNameAuthorship: Pierre
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Picralima
specificEpithet: klaineana
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Kew Bulletin - Useful plants Nigeria 1915 p.439 Additional Series Bull IX Colonial Reports for 1920. Gold Coast. Imp Inst Bulletin (about 1921 or 22)


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050163
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: India
ScientificName: Holarrhena antidysenterica
scientificNameAuthorship: Wall.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Holarrhena
specificEpithet: antidysenterica
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Bark - Bitter astringent cold digestive and used as a remedy for piles dysentery etc. Powder of seeds when taken internally will cure piles and also cattle diseases


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050172
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: India
ScientificName: Ichnocarpus frutescens
scientificNameAuthorship: (L.) W.T.Aiton
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Ichnocarpus
specificEpithet: frutescens
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Vernacular name written in foreign language. Occurrence - Found generally in low country. Produce - Roots Possessing properties similar to sarasaparilla.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050173
ScientificName: Funtumia africana
scientificNameAuthorship: (Benth.) Stapf
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Funtumia
specificEpithet: africana
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Harrison & Self Analytical Chemists 28 Borough High St. London SE1.3.6.49. 'Strophanthus gratus'. June 1949 per H & S.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050178
modified: 2012-05-10 16:13:08.893000
country: Zimbabwe
countryCode: ZW
locality: Zimbabwe
ScientificName: Catharanthus roseus
scientificNameAuthorship: (L.) G.Don
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Catharanthus
specificEpithet: roseus
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  40 leaves to 1 pint of water - infusion. From an entire plant sent by P Anderson (V M Day) Abercom Street, Bulawayo South Rhodesia.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050182
modified: 2003-07-29 17:09:12.670000
country: Madagascar
countryCode: MG
locality: Madagascar
ScientificName: Cerbera tanghin
scientificNameAuthorship: Hook.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Cerbera
specificEpithet: tanghin
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  This celebrated seed, the ordeal poison of Madagascar resembles an almond in the shell, except that it is rather broadere in proportion and has an open fissure on one side.  The colour of the endocarp is also of a dull dirty brown.  The kernel or seed is seen to be oily when pressed with the nail.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050192
modified: 2019-06-24 10:41:22.150000
country: South Africa
countryCode: ZA
locality: South Africa, Natal
ScientificName: Catharanthus roseus
scientificNameAuthorship: (L.) G.Don
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Catharanthus
specificEpithet: roseus
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Presented by Dr TG Nicholson Jan 2 1924.  2 letters and article enclosed in specimen. For article on use as remedy see specimen. Opuscular source:  Letter from T G Nicholson 10.11.24.   Dear Professor.  Herewith the Vinca from Natal, also the seeds, root stem and faded flowers.  Seeds are coal black and corrugated under the microscope.  Letter from Nicholson to Prof Greenish. (Same as above, but naming Vinca as an insulin substitute but calling this a 'popular fallacy') Exhibited in Plants + People exhibition Museum No 1, Kew.  May 1998 to May 2016.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050199
modified: 1994-09-15 00:00:00
country: Malaysia
countryCode: MY
locality: W Malaysia
ScientificName: Dyera costulata
scientificNameAuthorship: (Miq.) Hook.f.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Dyera
specificEpithet: costulata
occurrenceRemarks:
Opuscular source:  Letter from Malay States Info Agency, 88 Cannon St, London EC4, to GRA Short, Curator, Pharm Soc Of GB, 17 Bloomsbury Sq, dated 16.03.1927: Dear Sir, Your letter of 7th to the Rubber Growers Assoc has been passed on to us, and in reply I beg to inform you as follows:- Jelutong - This cannot be rightly described as a var of rubber, though an allied product, and obtained likewise by tapping.  Actually it is an inferior Gutta Percha obtained from one of largest forest trees.  It is used not only in the manufacture of chewing gum - of which it bids fair to become one of the principal ingredient - but also to adulterate gutta percha and for waterproofing and insulating purposes. More specifically, Jelutong is the latex of a certain sp of Dyera.  The production in the Federated Malay States has increased rapidly. In 1923 a total value of nearly a million Straits Dollars past through Singapore, nearly all of which was shipped to the USA. In 1925 the shipments were valued at 2,934,552, -6621 tons, of which 6323 tons went to USA and of which 4554 tons originated in Sarawak, 1140 in Dutch East Indies.  The greater bulk of commercial jelutong you will note is derived from Sarawak and Dutch East Indies. But in those countries wastage due to deterioration is very great owing to crude methods of preparation and lack of transport. It is anticipated that by the use of standardised methods of preparation and by virtue of its efficient transport system Malaya will eventually be able to secure the whole of this trade. Sample. I am sending you a small sample which at present is all we can spare from our own museum, Yours faithfully HS Bau.... Publicity Agent


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
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occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050200
modified: 2006-04-20 16:08:43.627000
ScientificName: Rauwolfia
scientificNameAuthorship: Ruiz & Pav.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Verbenaceae
genus: Rauwolfia
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  30 bags Lot. Rauwolfia, B.S. 2735. NY # 1/30 74-706 & Co Spec 4100% False Sample A 15.11.54


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050201
country: Zambia
countryCode: ZM
locality: North Rhodesia, Ndola
eventDate: 1954-01-01 00:00:00.0000000
verbatimEventDate: 00/00/1954
ScientificName: Diplorhynchus condylocarpon
scientificNameAuthorship: (Müll.Arg.) Pichon
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Diplorhynchus
specificEpithet: condylocarpon
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  A common understorey tree From DC Fanshawe, Office of the Chief Conservator of Forests, PO Box 228, Ndola, Northern Rhodesia Collected in August and September 1954 in the vicinity of Ndola and Mufulira


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050203
modified: 2007-01-16 15:06:02.993000
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: India, Bombay
ScientificName: Thevetia peruviana
scientificNameAuthorship: (Pers.) K.Schum.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Thevetia
specificEpithet: peruviana
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Common in gardens in Bombay, where it grows very freely, and is usually pollarded a few feet from the ground to make it form a handsome bush, much like an English willow.  The fresh bark of the young wood from a 1/2 to 1 inch in diameter, is green, smooth and covered by a delicate grey epidermis, through which the green colour is apparent. The wood is white and soft, and there is a large central pith. All parts of the plant abound in a milky juice, and have an acrid smell when bruised.  A section of the bark examined under the microscope shows many large laticiferous vessels arranged in bundles, which form a zone, but is not otherwise remarkable. This plant is the T. neriifolia of the Pharmaecopoeia of India, and is recommended in that work as an antiperiodic; it does not appear to be used medicinally in this neighbourhood. There would be no difficultly in obtaining a good supply of bark, as the trees are frequently  cut; if collected from the young wood and dried it forms quills of about the thickness of cinnamon, externally dark grey with brown striae, internally smooth and black; texture tough, taste bitter, no particular odour.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000005021
modified: 2006-07-27 12:16:34.110000
country: South Africa
countryCode: ZA
locality: South Africa, Transvaal
ScientificName: Rhamnus zeyheri
scientificNameAuthorship: Sond.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Rhamnaceae
genus: Rhamnus
specificEpithet: zeyheri
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Might be acknowledged when the other piece comes. Cross section of stem of Red Ivory tree of the Transvaal.  Mr Grenfell will let us have another piece presently.  He will also try to procure Herb specimens to enable us to name it. Probably celastrace. Open with care. Bark comes off.  (Later named Rhamnus zeyheri JHH)


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050213
modified: 2006-05-10 16:19:47.780000
ScientificName: Rauwolfia
scientificNameAuthorship: Ruiz & Pav.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Verbenaceae
genus: Rauwolfia
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Also two packets 1. Piece (of wood) tincture of which gives green fluorescence.  2. Tincture from this probably gives green colour - not certain.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050214
modified: 2012-05-10 17:51:32.537000
country: Uganda
countryCode: UG
locality: Uganda, Africa, East Tropical Africa, Entebbe
ScientificName: Mondia whitei
scientificNameAuthorship: (Hook.f.) Skeels
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Mondia
specificEpithet: whitei
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  When this bark was fresh, it had a strong and pleasant smell of Cumarin Entry-book source:  See Watt & Breyer Brandwijk 'Med. & Poisonous Plants of S. Africa' p146


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050216
modified: 2006-05-10 16:14:24.640000
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: India
ScientificName: Wrightia tinctoria
scientificNameAuthorship: (Roxb.) R.Br.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Wrightia
specificEpithet: tinctoria
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  The drug generally consists of pieces of the root of the tree from 3 to 4 inches long, and from 1 inch to 1/2 inch in diameter. The bark is of a dark brown colour externally, and is studded with numerous little warty projections; the wood is white. Sections of the bark show that the paraenchyma contains many cells with red colouring - matter, as well as much starch; towards the inner part of the bark there are numerous large liber cells arranged in two continuous rings. Kala koora, when chewed, is moderately bitter, it reddens the saliva. These characters are sufficient to distinguish it from Pandhra Kooraor Conessi bark, the produce of Holarrhena antidysenterica, the bark of which has the following characters: very thick, much twisted andquilled, of a dirty white or dull buff colour, external surface marked by numerous transverse ridges, internal surface longitudinally straited, taste very bitter, does not colour the saliva when chewed. The bark of the stem of W.tinctoria is also met with in the shops; it is smoother than the root bark, and of a paler colour; it cannot be mistaken for Conessi bark, as it contains much colouring - matter. A full account of the botanical history of these trees will be found in the Pharm. of India p 455. The seeds of Holarrhena (bitter inderjow) and of Wrightia (sweet inderjow) are always obtainable in the shops. Holarrhena contains an alkaloid which has been named Wrightia.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050232
modified: 2012-06-08 14:05:18.643000
ScientificName: Rauwolfia
scientificNameAuthorship: Ruiz & Pav.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Verbenaceae
genus: Rauwolfia
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Sample from a 5lb drum. Drum marked Code 39-334. PO 173727 Vendors hot 5-217 P. No date Prob Dr Rowson.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050236
modified: 2024-10-21 17:03:00.797000
country: Guyana
countryCode: GY
locality: Guyana, Southern America, Northern South America
ScientificName: Plantae
kingdom: Plantae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Not Strychnos toxifera. Information from Dr King 1934 Med. Research Hampstead. Probably Menispermaceae. Small phial of poisoned tips from Malayan arrows, said to be Upas tree W.H. Burkill F.L.S. 13. VI. 1934. Letter - The University Leeds, Herbarium June 18 1934  Dear Mr Wallis, the arrow tips were given to me by the late Arthur Sanderson F.L.S. who was in the laboratories of the Rubber Growers Association at Kuala Lumpur F.M.S. 1918-1930 or about that period. He was a very keen naturalist, likely to make enquires about the poisons employed by the natives but I do not know the evidence on which he based the note 'Said to be Upas'. Kerners statement in Vol II. p.758 and a similar reference to Bentley p.621 to the poisonous nature of the juice of Antiaris toxicaria, to some extent support Sandersons statement, but I have not looked into the matter and I should not be surprised to hear that the poison is of uncertain origin.  Yours truely WH Burrell. Opuscular source:  Article reprinted fromthe Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry,  Aug 9 1935, Vol LIV, No 32 'Chemistry & Industry' pp. 739-740 about Tubocurare. Details chemical composition of the poison.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050242
modified: 2003-07-29 17:10:49.447000
locality: Central Africa
ScientificName: Strophanthus kombe
scientificNameAuthorship: Oliv.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Strophanthus
specificEpithet: kombe
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  From Central Africa, imported by the African Lakes Corporation Ltd Sole Agents Oppenheimer, Son & Co Ltd London Genuine


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050270
modified: 2006-05-04 15:58:39.050000
country: Guyana
countryCode: GY
locality: British Guiana
ScientificName: Aspidosperma excelsum
scientificNameAuthorship: Benth.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Aspidosperma
specificEpithet: excelsum
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Three bundles of bark 1. Collected in Aug 1952, Santica, British Guiana 2. 1949 3. 1953


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050271
modified: 2006-07-27 12:34:19.647000
country: Australia
countryCode: AU
locality: Australia
ScientificName: Alstonia constricta
scientificNameAuthorship: F.Muell.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Alstonia
specificEpithet: constricta
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Two lots of bark.  This specimen from Dr Henry (a930) does not agree with the specimen from Dr Bancroft of Brisbane sent in 1871.  It agrees with one of the barks in the Hanbury collection.  There are evidently 2 barks in the jar in the Hanbury collection; one is similar to Henrys specimen and one is similar to Bancrofts. Presented by JA Henry, Wellcome Research Lab in August, 1930, from Australia.  Received by Dr Henry from Mr Penfold, through the Imperial Institute, April 1929.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050279
modified: 2006-05-04 15:37:13.277000
country: Australia
countryCode: AU
locality: Australia
ScientificName: Alstonia constricta
scientificNameAuthorship: F.Muell.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Alstonia
specificEpithet: constricta
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Bitter bark from Australia, also offered for sale in London 1860. Supposed to contain quinine, given me by Mr McArthur, Paris Exhib 1855. Opuscular source:  2 letters: 1. Dated 5 June, 1860, 22 Eastbourne Tce, Hyde Park, from D Hanbury:  My dear Sir, I cannot find any info with ref to the bark, but I shall return to Australia about the end of August on the commencement of Sept I shall feel happy to send you as much info as I can.  It will also facilitate my investigation if you will furnish me with such queries as will be required for any object you have in view respecting its importance or supposed value, from a mercantile point of view.  (Signature illegible) Letter 2.  To Daniel Hanbury, Lombard St.  From Reginald Clayton, Milland, Liphook, Hants, dated Feb 19th 1872. Dear Sir, I enclose some bark samples that I cut from a tree in Queensland in January 1871.  I sent them to Messrs Howard and Sons of Stratford for examination as to whether they were fit for quinine manufacture, and in their reply they have kindly given me your address, as being will able to throw light on the matter.  I have used the bark as a tonic for years and it is very generally used by the working class in cases of fever and ague.  Merely chewing the inside bark.  The tree is short, never much more than a shrub and the boughs joint in 4's the middle shoot keeping up and making a 5th if counted.  I am about to return to the Colony again and wish to take back any info as to its value for bitters or brewers' purposes. I would forward a large parcel on my return if necessary.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050280
modified: 2003-07-29 17:11:46.780000
country: Congo, Democratic Republic of the
countryCode: CD
locality: Africa, Temboland
ScientificName: Strophanthus hispidus
scientificNameAuthorship: DC.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Strophanthus
specificEpithet: hispidus
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Pods 30 + x 4 1/2 ..... down 2c, hairy 2c, hairs (?) 4 c... seeds 1c x 3 ...  dark green all over the ....


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050281
modified: 2005-04-21 16:57:16.647000
country: Mozambique
countryCode: MZ
locality: South Rhodesia, Tete, Junction of Zambesi & Messengnese River
ScientificName: Strophanthus petersianus
scientificNameAuthorship: Klotzsch
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Strophanthus
specificEpithet: petersianus
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  From Govt Herbarium, Box 25 Causeway, Salisbury S Rhodesia N.C. Chase 2211 from P.. E Africa 15.7.1950


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050301
modified: 2007-10-04 17:07:30.297000
country: Sudan
countryCode: SD
locality: Sudan
ScientificName: Plantae
kingdom: Plantae
occurrenceRemarks:
Opuscular source:  Specimen (Letter 48, 1920: xiii.p.121) Feb 6th 1920, Mr Lynch, acknowledge the receipt of his letter of the 3rd inst and in reply to say that the 3 sticks from the Sudan, submitted for identification appear to be (2 pieces of root and 1 of stem) those of Salvadora persica the 'tooth-brush tree', 'Salt Bush' or 'Mustard Tree'. This is a shrub or small tree found in India, Ceylon,  Arabia, Tropical Africa etc. Twigs are used as a tooth cleaner by the natives in Portuguese East Africa, on the Nile banks, by the Mahomedans of Persia, etc. as well as in the Sudan; otherwise they are of little value and do not likely to possess any marketable value in this country.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050303
modified: 2019-06-18 12:21:51.257000
ScientificName: Salvadora persica
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Salvadoraceae
genus: Salvadora
specificEpithet: persica
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Sarakan Dentifrice Made in England. The dentrifice with the natural essence of the toothbrush tree. The plant used for centuries by the inhabitants of Africa, India and the Middle East to rub on their teeth and gums. To them the natural juice when released act as natures own preservative and anti-toxic protection against soft, weak and spongy gums and resultant bad teeth. Exhibited in Plants+People exhibition in Museum No.1, May 1998 to May 2016


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050306
modified: 2006-07-28 10:13:56.357000
identifiedBy: L.A.B.
ScientificName: Plantae
kingdom: Plantae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  This is apparently the root of Salvadora persica L. L.A.B. 18.12.12. Said to have been sold in Cardiff sent for name to Museum by Mr Watson, Curator.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050309
locality: East Africa
ScientificName: Plantae
kingdom: Plantae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Dr Sprague, please compare the leaves with Salvadora persica. The woody parts look loke this. For 'Mswaki' see Engler Pflanzenweltost - Afrikas -B p.224 & 'Muswak' K.B. Add. Ser. ix.p.427 Salvadora persica the 'Toothbrush tree'. In any case it isnt likely to be of any commercial value in this country. J.H.h. July 1st 1931. Mr Holland H. 1283/31 Mswaki from E Africa. I have asked the D.O. to forward the correspondence to you when the reply has been sent. J.A.S. 1/7/31. Possibly Strychnos sp. Not matched in Herb..


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050314
modified: 2006-08-03 15:51:56.110000
country: China
countryCode: CN
locality: China, Shanghai
ScientificName: Oleaceae
scientificNameAuthorship: Hoffmanns. & Link
kingdom: Plantae
family: Oleaceae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  When required for use the shell is cut open, the amount of medicine required for immediate use is taken out after which it is replaced in the wax shell which is closed again by a hot iron until required.  Bought in boxes.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050329
modified: 2019-01-23 16:16:00.930000
recordedBy: Purdie W
eventRemarks: Collected between 1844 - 1846 Collector reformatted 2019
country: Colombia
countryCode: CO
locality: New Granada
ScientificName: Forestiera porulosa
scientificNameAuthorship: (Michx.) Poir.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Oleaceae
genus: Forestiera
specificEpithet: porulosa
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Candles made from ...... ....... and is sold in all the villages of the mountains at 1/2 a rial or 1d per pound which is much cheaper than common tallow.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050330
modified: 2006-08-08 15:57:31.290000
country: United Kingdom
countryCode: GB
locality: Great Britain
ScientificName: Fraxinus
scientificNameAuthorship: Tourn. ex L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Oleaceae
genus: Fraxinus
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Copy in ash wood of the old form of nut crackers used throughout the bobbin-making district near Ambleside, Westmorland.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050331
ScientificName: Fraxinus bungeana
scientificNameAuthorship: A.DC.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Oleaceae
genus: Fraxinus
specificEpithet: bungeana
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Probably small leaved form of F bungeana.  The wax insect Coccus pela, feeds on this plant in N China


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050332
modified: 2016-12-15 13:15:16.243000
country: Denmark
countryCode: DK
locality: Denmark, Flensborg
ScientificName: Fraxinus excelsior
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Oleaceae
genus: Fraxinus
specificEpithet: excelsior
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  One is put on the foreleg and one on the hind leg to prevent their straying.  Displayed in 'Kew in the city' at Wizadry in Wood, Carpenters' Hall, Trogmorton Avenue, London EC2N 2JJ, Oct 12-15, 2016 (curated collection of wooden objects and rare timbers from EBC)


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050336
modified: 2006-08-07 16:22:17.527000
country: BU
countryCode: BU
locality: Rangoon
ScientificName: Oleaceae
scientificNameAuthorship: Hoffmanns. & Link
kingdom: Plantae
family: Oleaceae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Leaf covered with pupae of Flata limbata Fabr. from jungles two miles NE of Rangoon.  The white appendages are waxy secretions, and probably constitute one of the sources of the Insect White Wax of China.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050338
modified: 2003-06-26 16:31:05.803000
country: Canada
countryCode: CA
locality: Vancouver Island
ScientificName: Fraxinus
scientificNameAuthorship: Tourn. ex L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Oleaceae
genus: Fraxinus
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Museum specimen 'Jug made of the native oak of Vancouver Island' Inter. Exhib 1862. Not Oak, but apparently Ash (Fraxinus sambucifolia suggested, without comparison of the wood). The above applies to the sides of the jug; I have not examined the piece forming the bottom, which may be different. L.A.B. 27.9. 27.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050339
modified: 2006-08-08 16:32:10.127000
country: China
countryCode: CN
locality: China, Chungkiang
ScientificName: Oleaceae
scientificNameAuthorship: Hoffmanns. & Link
kingdom: Plantae
family: Oleaceae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  1 & 2 candles of animal tallow and white wax sheathed with white wax. 3. Candles of vegetable tallow sheathed with white wax.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050340
modified: 2011-05-27 10:34:34.647000
country: China
countryCode: CN
locality: Hsien, Tung-Cheng
ScientificName: Oleaceae
scientificNameAuthorship: Hoffmanns. & Link
kingdom: Plantae
family: Oleaceae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Candles made of vegetable wax coated with insect or white wax. The white wax ones are used at funerals and the pink ones at marriages, births etc. Price 6 1/4 d for 1lb. avoir.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050341
modified: 2009-10-13 11:56:57.357000
country: China
countryCode: CN
locality: Hsien, Tung-Cheng
ScientificName: Oleaceae
scientificNameAuthorship: Hoffmanns. & Link
kingdom: Plantae
family: Oleaceae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Candles made of animal tallow coated with insect or white wax. Red candles are used at marriages, other colours at funerals. Price 5d for 1 1/3 lbs avoir.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050342
recordedBy: Hosie Alex
country: China
countryCode: CN
locality: Hsien, Tung-Cheng
eventDate: 1884-09-01 00:00:00.0000000
verbatimEventDate: 00/09/1884
ScientificName: Fraxinus chinensis
scientificNameAuthorship: Roxb.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Oleaceae
genus: Fraxinus
specificEpithet: chinensis
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Fruiting specimen of the wax tree cultivated in Prefecture ? of Chia-ting? Recd. from Herb Apr 1885. White wax tree. Noan-ching Fu, An-hui.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050353
country: Italy
countryCode: IT
locality: Italy, Capaci near Palermo
ScientificName: Oleaceae
scientificNameAuthorship: Hoffmanns. & Link
kingdom: Plantae
family: Oleaceae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Joint of Opuntia, used for receiving the Manna as it flows down from incisions in the stem of the Fraxinus ornus L. 18th May 1872.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050361
modified: 2006-08-03 15:04:03.640000
ScientificName: Jasminum auriculatum
scientificNameAuthorship: Vahl
kingdom: Plantae
family: Oleaceae
genus: Jasminum
specificEpithet: auriculatum
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Jessamine (Jasminum spp) Jessamine or Jasmine oil is obtained from the fragrant flowers of a number of species of Jasminum. The most important are J. sambac, a native of Tropical Asia, and the common jasmine, J.officinale, a climbing plant, (native of Persia and N.W. India) and so often seen growing in English gardens. This latter plant is cultivated for perfumery in southern France and Algeria. Oil from the flowers of several other species of Jasmine is also used in perfumery although of less importance commercially.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050398
locality: Farjum
ScientificName: Olea europaea
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Oleaceae
genus: Olea
specificEpithet: europaea
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Recent seeds of Large fruited olives from the Cairo market. 1895. Cultivated in Fajum.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050402
country: Tunisia
countryCode: TN
locality: Tunis
ScientificName: Olea
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Oleaceae
genus: Olea
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Residue from olives after the extraction of oil, mixed with other substances and used for cattle food.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050425
country: Angola
countryCode: AO
locality: Angola
ScientificName: Schrebera trichoclada
scientificNameAuthorship: Welw.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Oleaceae
genus: Schrebera
specificEpithet: trichoclada
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Arbor spectabilis, folius sempervirentif simplicibus etc. Note enclosed with specimen.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050435
modified: 2009-03-18 11:42:33.877000
country: Sudan
countryCode: SD
locality: Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
ScientificName: Olea europaea
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Oleaceae
genus: Olea
specificEpithet: europaea
occurrenceRemarks:
North African throw-stick of olive wood used for throwing at game animals - gazelles, antelopes, etc. and breaking their legs.  Also used in earlier days in human battles.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050442
modified: 2019-02-21 11:05:29.333000
country: Colombia
countryCode: CO
locality: Bogota D.C. Locality revised 2019
ScientificName: Symplocos theiformis
scientificNameAuthorship: (L.f.) Oken
kingdom: Plantae
family: Symplocaceae
genus: Symplocos
specificEpithet: theiformis
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  1) See letter 421,1919 & M p.92 Copy in Styraceae Bogota Tea (Jede Bogota) Symplocos thereformus Suthe (S.astonia, L.Hemt.) M.T. Dawe. Letter dated Bogota Sept-25-1919. JHH 2) Col. Sir David Prain, I.M.S.,C.M.G., The Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey, England  Minor Modification (2019): S.theiformis Notes updated 2019


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050443
modified: 2019-02-21 11:03:42.577000
country: Colombia
countryCode: CO
locality: Bogota D.C. Locality revised 2019
ScientificName: Symplocos theiformis
scientificNameAuthorship: (L.f.) Oken
kingdom: Plantae
family: Symplocaceae
genus: Symplocos
specificEpithet: theiformis
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source: 1) Letter 42, 1920 : xiii p.120 S.alstonia, L'Herit signed TAS 30.1.20 JHH 2) Imperial institute, London, S.W.&. H147/20'The Director of the Imperial Institute presents his compliments to the Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens and begs to forward herewith a sample of so-called 'Bogota' tea received from Colombia and statedt to be Symplicos alstonia (Alstonia Theaeformis). The director will be glad to learn whether this identification is correct.' 29 January, 1920.  Label source: Scientific Department. 'Bogota tea' Symplocos Alstonia? Columbia ST67/1919. Imperial Institute.  Minor Modification (2019): S.theiformis Notes updated 2019


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050444
modified: 2019-01-31 11:11:49.577000
country: Colombia
countryCode: CO
locality: Bogota D.C. Locality revised 2019
ScientificName: Symplocos theiformis
scientificNameAuthorship: (L.f.) Oken
kingdom: Plantae
family: Symplocaceae
genus: Symplocos
specificEpithet: theiformis
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Ref. Letter to Capt Hill dated Jan 1920 Letter 253, 1920, xiii p.198 - MT Dawe Letter dated Cartaglna June 18th 1920 to Capt Hill.  -  Imperial Inst; Report on Bogota Tea from Colombia: the sample of Bogota Tea which is the subject of thisreport was forwarded to the Imp. Inst. by Mr MT Dawe and is refered to in his letter of 25th Sept 1919. It was stated that the material was formerly used in Colombia for the preparation of a beverage. Description of sample - the sample weighed 12ozs and consisted of small yellowish or bronze green leaves measuring from 5/8 to 1 1/2 inches in length. the material was in dry brittle condition. Specimens of the leaves were forwarded to RBG Kew and identified as S.alstonia L'Herit. Results of examination -theleaves were examined chemically at the Imp. Inst. with the following results Moisture 10.3% Ash 5.8% Total Extract (Matter soluble in boiling water) 31% Extract of infusion for 10 mins 26.1% Tannin 6% Alkoloidal matter 0.38% An infusion of the leaves madelike tea gave a clear liquid with a greenish brown tint which had a unpleasant odour and taste. Remarks - the Bogota tea contains a small amount of alkaloidal matter but no caffeine. It would therefore not possess the properties of ordinary tea which contains about 3 1/2% caffine, and would not serve as an effective substitute for tea. No information appears to be available regarding the constituents of the leaves and in order to determine whether they exert any physiological action due to the alkaloidpresent or any other constituent, it would be necessary to carry out trials with specially prepared extracts. In any case the leaves would be quite unsuitable for export to the UK as a tea substitute. 26 April 1920. Minor Modification (2019): S.theiformis


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050445
modified: 2019-01-31 11:21:22.033000
country: Colombia
countryCode: CO
locality: Bogota D.C. Locality revised 2019
ScientificName: Symplocos theiformis
scientificNameAuthorship: (L.f.) Oken
kingdom: Plantae
family: Symplocaceae
genus: Symplocos
specificEpithet: theiformis
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  See specimen from Colombia, MT Dawe (50.1919) JHH 30.vii.34 Returned from Hb Kew 25.6.92 - not identified Minor Modification (2019): S.theiformis


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050456
modified: 2006-04-10 13:58:12.927000
country: Thailand
countryCode: TH
locality: Siam, Me Kwang, Me Kok, Me Las
ScientificName: Styrax benzoides
scientificNameAuthorship: Craib
kingdom: Plantae
family: Styracaceae
genus: Styrax
specificEpithet: benzoides
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Received from Nan Kham, Ban Hong, Tambol Me Chadee, Ampur Wieng Papao on the 5th Feb 1922 From Headwaters Me Lao, Me Kok, Me Khawng For Museum - Samples of benzoin from the Conservator of Forests Siam, brought to Kew by Mr HB Garrett 4.viii.22. A report on the various samples derived. Messrs Bowyer & Bartleet, Fenchurch St EC - consider these samples to be too small for investigation. 20.9.22 See pharm journ 29. xi 1913 p.804. Also report by Mr Boodle in Styraceae cover Letter book xv p.10559 1922


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050461
modified: 2005-07-05 16:45:01.070000
country: Malaysia
countryCode: MY
locality: Malaya
ScientificName: Styrax benzoin
scientificNameAuthorship: Dryand.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Styracaceae
genus: Styrax
specificEpithet: benzoin
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Notes - Dec 9th, P & O S N. Ltd, 122 Leadenhall St. EC (gunny bag of leaf & bark material only) Dir. RBG Kew, Rec 11.xii.29. ..?.. Forest Research Officer, ...?...   SS 'Balan'.  Entry book Curators Office. Bill of Lading? dated Port Swettenham 28th Oct 1829 Mr Dallimore, This file apparently has nothing to do with the styrax  specimens just recieved from F.M.S. The Director only ....from whom these came and if asked for. I have no recollection of asking any one in Malaya for Sumatra Benzoin.  Details as far as I can get them herewith. JHH Seeds of Kemenyan S.benzoin from forest Research Inst Kepang F.M.S. recd Kew 11.xii.29.  All the references I can find are with .... and Holmes and nothing since 1926 JJC 12.xii. File returned to Mr Dallimore for D.O. no connection with this specimen just recd. from EMS 14.xii.29


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050464
locality: East Indies
ScientificName: Styrax benzoin
scientificNameAuthorship: Dryand.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Styracaceae
genus: Styrax
specificEpithet: benzoin
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  The best variety known in the Bazaars No 73 Duka- Aud Tam - Shambirani Tel - Sambrani


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050465
country: Indonesia
countryCode: ID
locality: Sumatra
ScientificName: Styrax benzoin
scientificNameAuthorship: Dryand.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Styracaceae
genus: Styrax
specificEpithet: benzoin
occurrenceRemarks:
Note source:  Specimen includes geographical map of distribution Sumatra, Malaya Peninsula, Java, Borneo


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050484
modified: 2005-08-02 15:42:44.217000
country: Thailand
countryCode: TH
locality: Siam, Me Khaung
ScientificName: Styrax benzoin
scientificNameAuthorship: Dryand.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Styracaceae
genus: Styrax
specificEpithet: benzoin
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Sample of Benzoin from the French bank of the Me Khawng received from Monsieur Lesterre Manager L'Est Asianique Francais Chiengrai. Siam. 13th Feb 1922.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050488
modified: 2007-05-22 10:35:10.277000
country: Thailand
countryCode: TH
locality: Siam, Me Kwang, Me Ing, Doi Duan
ScientificName: Styrax benzoides
scientificNameAuthorship: Craib
kingdom: Plantae
family: Styracaceae
genus: Styrax
specificEpithet: benzoides
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Resinous scrapings from trees affected by borer containing impurities, bark etc. Boiled with water.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050495
country: Indonesia
countryCode: ID
locality: Sumatra
ScientificName: Styrax benzoin
scientificNameAuthorship: Dryand.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Styracaceae
genus: Styrax
specificEpithet: benzoin
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  With fruits of Styrax officinale L.  from Asia minor and Syria.  Dr Burchells collection.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050517
modified: 2006-11-06 12:30:10.887000
locality: Lhassa
ScientificName: Diospyros kaki
scientificNameAuthorship: L.f.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Ebenaceae
genus: Diospyros
specificEpithet: kaki
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  From Lhassa Gundroon, no doubt a form of D.kaki. Bretsdueidim says that the fruits of D.chinensis Bl. and D.schi-tse, Bl. (both = D.kaki) are dried and sold for food in China. 7.xii.16


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050523
modified: 2006-10-30 14:44:46.437000
country: Thailand
countryCode: TH
locality: Bangkok
ScientificName: Styracaceae
scientificNameAuthorship: DC. & Spreng.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Styracaceae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Bamboo pipe stems prepared by a resin (benzoin) and allowing it to soak through by which the mottling is obtained. The resin is also rubbed on the outside and the appearance is improved by smoking.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050524
modified: 2006-10-30 15:16:05.223000
country: Japan
countryCode: JP
locality: Japan
ScientificName: Diospyros kaki
scientificNameAuthorship: L.f.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Ebenaceae
genus: Diospyros
specificEpithet: kaki
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  It is used as a preservative solution for planks for buildings and also by fisherman for dressing their nets


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050554
modified: 2006-11-03 16:02:59.360000
ScientificName: Diospyros kaki
scientificNameAuthorship: L.f.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Ebenaceae
genus: Diospyros
specificEpithet: kaki
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  The Persimmon is one of the most important fruits of China and Japan. There are very many varieties which differ from each other as much as apple varieties do here. The fruits are inclined to be astringent unless fully ripe. They may be eaten raw, dried or candied etc. The persimmon is now widely grown in other countries.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050576
modified: 2006-11-09 14:03:12.843000
country: China
countryCode: CN
locality: China
ScientificName: Diospyros lotus
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Ebenaceae
genus: Diospyros
specificEpithet: lotus
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Foreign seed and plant introduction, date Aug 18 1913, Sir David Prain, Director, Kew Botanic Gardens  - 2 ounce sample dried fruits No 18-b D. lotus, please attach certificate of inspection A perfectly seedless variety of the wild persimmon, upon which the Chinese graft the different varieties of D.kaki, called 'Wu hu ghae tsao', meaning seedless Black Jujube. Said to come from the region to the north of Peking. Rare. A similar form has been described to exist at Artwin, on the Black Sea,S.W. Caucasus, Russia.  18b Peking China April 19th 1913


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050577
modified: 2006-11-09 14:02:07.427000
ScientificName: Diospyros lotus
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Ebenaceae
genus: Diospyros
specificEpithet: lotus
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Described as rasins in the trade Letter 138.1916 : x.p.165 dated April 11th 1916 Dear Mr Macfaddan, I am in receipt of your letter of the 7th inst. together with the dried berries for identification. These are the fruits of D.lotus, the 'European Date Plum' or 'Black Date'. The tree is cultivated in India, China, the Mediterranean region etc. According to Watt (Dict. Econ. Prod. India) 'The fruit when ripe is sweetish and is eaten either fresh or dried, by Afghans and other tribes. The former bring quanities of it to the Peshawar bazars. It is sometimes also used in sherbet'. Yours very truly signed Director. They were described as raisins, in all probability as a subterfuge to get over some customs restrictions.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050600
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: Bengal
ScientificName: Diospyros peregrina
scientificNameAuthorship: (Gaertn.) Gürke
kingdom: Plantae
family: Ebenaceae
genus: Diospyros
specificEpithet: peregrina
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Registration No 11307, File No XXII Presented by the Reporter on Economic Products to the Govt of India


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050608
modified: 2006-08-24 09:45:56.413000
locality: East Indies
ScientificName: Diospyros ramiflora
scientificNameAuthorship: Roxb.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Ebenaceae
genus: Diospyros
specificEpithet: ramiflora
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  This is D.bourdilloni (?), Brandis, the fruit on the old wood, ???? of a large woody ???? calyx, D.ramiflora is a species from the Khasi Hills and Tipp??? Dr Brandis April 1903


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050614
modified: 2006-10-24 11:11:22.127000
country: Pakistan
countryCode: PK
locality: Pakistan
ScientificName: Diospyros tomentosa
scientificNameAuthorship: Poir.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Ebenaceae
genus: Diospyros
specificEpithet: tomentosa
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Either D.tomentosum or D.melanoxylon Opuscular source:  Dr Houes.and  Mr Harrison, (1) The leaf from Scotland Yard is from the same or a closely allied species as the leaf from Pakistan (Dr SD (SW on jar) Muzzaffar) (2) The leaf from Pakistan is not that of Butea frondosa. The leaf of Butea frondosa has an entirely different type of mesophyll, and the ..?.. are of quite a different type. (3) Both (1) and (2) about agro microscopically units ? the leaf of Diospyros tomentosum from the Museum.  The leaf exhibits a distinctive type of unicellular 2-armed hair of which the arms may be equal or unequal in length.  This type of hair is characteristic of numerous species of Diospyros.  See 'Anatomy of the Dicotyledons.'  CR Metcalfe 25.2.53.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050617
modified: 2006-10-23 16:41:41.017000
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: India, Bombay, Thana
ScientificName: Diospyros tomentosa
scientificNameAuthorship: Roxb.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Ebenaceae
genus: Diospyros
specificEpithet: tomentosa
occurrenceRemarks:
Opuscular source:  Contents:  Leaves and cigarettes of the Temburni Tree (Diospyros ex sculpta?)  Very common in the forests of North Thana.  The leaves are collected during April and May when they are young and tender.  A demand for the leaf for cigarettes has only sprung up during the past 10 years or so previous to that native cigarettes 'bidis' used to be made of Apta? and plantain leaves only.  The marathi name for this plant is Temburui?   Divisional Forest Officer N. Thana.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050626
modified: 2006-08-21 14:25:30.697000
country: Tonga
countryCode: TO
locality: Tonga Islands, Vavan
ScientificName: Diospyros
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Ebenaceae
genus: Diospyros
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Medium sized tree.  Flowers cream, purplish brown patches at lower end of petals, bell-shaped, about 3 in deep.  Native name Fue.  Natives rub wood to make fire.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050631
modified: 2007-09-05 11:23:25.627000
locality: Ceylon, West Africa etc., Bata, Duala, Gaboon, Kribi, Cape Lopez.
ScientificName: Diospyros
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Ebenaceae
genus: Diospyros
occurrenceRemarks:
Opuscular source:  Memo to Director for Dr H Muller FRS, Oct 13th, 1914,  LaB. 10.10.14. Seven specimens of ebony.  These agree in structure with the wood of species of Diospyros and Maba.  They are perhaps from Cape Lopez, Gaboon, Duala, Bata and Kribi, may possibly belong to one sp, while the sample of Macassar ebony may be a different sp, and that from Ceylon another. See Letter 405, 1914, ix p129.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050643
modified: 2003-11-25 16:44:56.177000
country: United States
countryCode: US
locality: North America
ScientificName: Diospyros texana
scientificNameAuthorship: Scheele
kingdom: Plantae
family: Ebenaceae
genus: Diospyros
specificEpithet: texana
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Prepared for wood engraving Nearly equal to best Box much too small for particular purposes


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050649
recordedBy: Hanbury D
country: France
countryCode: FR
locality: France, Sollies-farlede
eventDate: 1854-05-17 00:00:00.0000000
verbatimEventDate: 17/05/1854
ScientificName: Plantae
kingdom: Plantae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Collected near the village of Sollies-farlede (or La Farlede) between Toulon and Hyeres, where the Styrax grows spontaneously in great abundance


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050660
recordedBy: Marsden
country: Indonesia
countryCode: ID
locality: Sumatra
ScientificName: Styrax
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Styracaceae
genus: Styrax
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  2nd sort Mr Marsden to J Bell No 355 K Museum Cat 1878 Brought from Sumatra by Mr Marsden, author of the History of Sumatra and given by his widow to Mr Bell


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050665
modified: 2006-08-23 09:57:21.673000
country: Nigeria
countryCode: NG
locality: Calabria, Russano
ScientificName: Fraxinus ornus
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Oleaceae
genus: Fraxinus
specificEpithet: ornus
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Manna scelta - said to have been collected at Russano. Bought at Cosenza, 6th May, 1872.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050681
modified: 2019-06-24 10:43:19.850000
ScientificName: Rauwolfia
scientificNameAuthorship: Ruiz & Pav.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Verbenaceae
genus: Rauwolfia
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Commercial sample Exhibited in Plants + People exhibition Museum No 1, Kew.  May 1998 to May 2016.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050685
recordedBy: Marsden
country: Indonesia
countryCode: ID
locality: Sumatra
ScientificName: Styrax
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Styracaceae
genus: Styrax
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  No 355 L Mus Cat 1878 Collected from Sumatra by Mr Marsden author of the History of Sumatra, and presented by his widow to Mr J Bell.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050693
modified: 2006-10-23 15:19:11.370000
ScientificName: Styrax
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Styracaceae
genus: Styrax
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  A novelty in the shape of 5 cases good Palembang seconds wrecked in  1691 and recently recovered in a state of excellent preservation, were offered for sale and 2 cases sold @ 6 pounds sterling. June 26th 1886.  Copied from a notice in the'Public Ledger'


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050705
modified: 2005-07-11 17:08:51.777000
ScientificName: Aspidosperma
scientificNameAuthorship: Mart. & Zucc.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Aspidosperma
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  E Collectione JB Batka Pragae - Paratudo, ?? Canellae, Canella axillaris Mart & Nees. I have some doubt to believe this bitter bark to be the produce of such an aromatic plant as Canella. These specimens are not barks of Canella, but exhibit the structural characteristics of a species of Aspidosperma.  GRA Short Jan 1926. Also a packet of 'Red Peru Bark' from South America presented by Mr PAW Self Jan 1926


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050714
modified: 2005-08-08 13:00:42.983000
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: Bombay
ScientificName: Wrightia tinctoria
scientificNameAuthorship: (Roxb.) R.Br.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Apocynaceae
genus: Wrightia
specificEpithet: tinctoria
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  The drug generally consists of pieces of the root of the tree from three to four inches long, and from one inch to half inch in diameter. The bark is of a dark brown colour externally, and is studded with numerous little warty projections; the wood is white. Sections of the bark show that the parenchyma contains many cells filled with red colouring matter, as well as much starch; towards the inner part of the bark there are numerous large liber cells arranged in two continuous rings. KalaKoora when chewed, is moderately bitter; it reddens the saliva. These characters are sufficient to distinguish it from Pandhra Koora, or Conessi Bark, the produce of Holarrhena antidysentica, the bark of which has the following characters - very thick much twisted and quilled, of a dirty white or dull buff colour, external surface marked by numerous transverse ridges, internal surface longitudinally striated, taste very bitter, does not colour the saliva when chewed. The bark of the stem of W. tinctoria is also met with in the shops; it is smoother than the root  bark and of a paler colour; it cannot be mistaken for Conessi bark as it contains much colouring matter. A full account of the botanical history of these trees will be found in the Pharm. of India p455. The seeds of Holarrhena (bitter inderjow) and of Wrightia (Sweet inderjow) are always obtainable in the shops. Holarrhena contains an alkaloid which has been named Wrightia.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050717
modified: 2005-08-08 16:14:05.817000
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: India
ScientificName: Schrebera golungensis
scientificNameAuthorship: Welw.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Oleaceae
genus: Schrebera
specificEpithet: golungensis
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  The fruits of S.golungensis, Baker. These are fig-shaped, woody, about 1 1/2 inch long and 3/4 inch broad in the widest part, dehiscing loculicidally (sic) into two valves, the dissepiments remaining attached to the valves. They have neither taste nor odour, and unless the seeds, which are not present, possess some marked properties, it is difficult to understand how the fruit can be of any service in dyspepsia or malarial diseases, for which according to Dr Parker, it is used, as well as for abscess.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050736
country: Angola
countryCode: AO
locality: Angola
ScientificName: Baillonella toxisperma
scientificNameAuthorship: Pierre
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Baillonella
specificEpithet: toxisperma
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Corresponding specimens 252 in Herb. = Mimusops 17 ix 21 Autranella congounsis A. Chev.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050737
country: Gabon
countryCode: GA
locality: Gabon
ScientificName: Baillonella toxisperma
scientificNameAuthorship: Pierre
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Baillonella
specificEpithet: toxisperma
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  (Includes diagram).  Figured for Thompson, Gold Coast, Report on forests.? L Pierre, 42 Ave St Marie, a St Mande/Seine.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050743
locality: W Central Africa
ScientificName: Baillonella toxisperma
scientificNameAuthorship: Pierre
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Baillonella
specificEpithet: toxisperma
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Oil seed imported into Liverpool.  See monogr. Sapotaceae, Illustration of M d'jave in Herbarium.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050745
modified: 2005-07-05 16:22:08.113000
ScientificName: Argania spinosa
scientificNameAuthorship: (L.) Skeels
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Argania
specificEpithet: spinosa
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Showing the various forms they assume:  1. Fruits entire.  2. Putamen, after the removal of the pulp.  3. Transverse section of seed. (2 celled), 4-5 Ditto, ditto, (3 celled). 6. Ditto, ditto (1 celled). 7-8 Longitudinal section of seeds. 9. Putamen, opened (Kernel removed).  10. Cotyledons entire.  11. Cotyledons opened.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050769
modified: 2005-07-13 18:01:43.133000
country: Nigeria
countryCode: NG
locality: Nigeria, Lagos
ScientificName: Butyrospermum paradoxum subsp. parkii
scientificNameAuthorship: (G.Don) Hepper
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Butyrospermum
specificEpithet: paradoxum
infraspecificEpithet: parkii
taxonRank: SUBSPECIES
occurrenceRemarks:
Opuscular source:  Report on a sample of Shea Butter received from the Govt of Lagos,  Silvertown Soap Works and Mills, EC.  22 August, 1900.   Referring to your letters of the 16th and 17th inst. with regard to shea butter and to the sample you were good enough to send us.  We have examined the latter and our estimate of its present value is about 24 pounds per ton.  We do not doubt a considerable demand would arise for this article, if it were continuously put on the market, but so far as we can ascertain there has been none offering since 1896, and then only a small parcel was sold.  (Sd) John Knight & Sons.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050784
modified: 2005-07-11 16:18:33.407000
country: Uganda
countryCode: UG
locality: Uganda, Entebbe
ScientificName: Chrysophyllum kayei
scientificNameAuthorship: S.Moore
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Chrysophyllum
specificEpithet: kayei
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Ref letter No 14/P.83/10 of 16.1.1911 Samples of latex from C.kayei, S.Moore and from another species. Sent from Uganda by Mr R Fyffe


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000005079
modified: 2006-08-03 16:19:49.297000
country: Jamaica
countryCode: JM
locality: Jamaica
ScientificName: Vitis caribaea
scientificNameAuthorship: DC.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Vitaceae
genus: Vitis
specificEpithet: caribaea
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  The fresh stem yields water when cut. This stem is sometimes found as thick as a man`s leg - affords a most refreshing drink like water for the weary woodsman


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050791
country: Gabon
countryCode: GA
locality: West Tropical Africa, Cape Esteoria (?)
identifiedBy: Hutchinson J
ScientificName: Chrysophyllum
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Chrysophyllum
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Also seed of 1529 pendulous from Akut (?) Thought to be Euphorbiaceae ? Lat 1 degree North


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050816
modified: 2007-09-10 12:19:35.140000
locality: Borneo
ScientificName: Ganua motleyana
scientificNameAuthorship: (de Vriese) Pierre ex Dubard
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Ganua
specificEpithet: motleyana
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Herb. No. 857. According to Motley, note with his specimen no 857 1859, Borneo in Herb Kew, The gum is said to be used as adulterant for inferior kind of Gutta percha.  It is unsaleable alone.  From the seed is expressed an oil used for lamps and when fresh for cooking.  Grows in deep bogs where its roots are under water 5 months of the year.  Native name kotian.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050828
modified: 2006-11-13 15:00:57.683000
locality: East Indies
ScientificName: Madhuca longifolia
scientificNameAuthorship: (J.Koenig ex L.) J.F.Macbr.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Madhuca
specificEpithet: longifolia
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Letter from Lockwood, 17 Dorset Square, Regents Park. You asked me to send you a specimen of dried mahwa petals so I am sending you a small packet gathered in Mengleyr? April 1876.  You will see how well the stuff keeps.  Far better than any grain for instance.  I should have sent you a sample before but I have been waiting to hear how the petals are reported on by those to whom I have sent samples for feeding cattle  ? distilling. Mr Barttell of the zoological gardens is trying to experiment with these but I have not heard the result.  My father in Oxfordshire who is a cattle feeder, says mahwa bark is pronounced first rate in his neighbourhood and a letter from Mr Haig, the distiller, says he has got 6.16 gallons of proof spirit per cwt.Can you put me in the way of getting a few tons of the stuff.  I consider the spirit we got much superior to any molasses or sugar spirit I ever saw. I believe that mahwa in consequence of its unlimited supply, cheapness, keeping qualities, Saccharin qualities, certain yield, has a future before it.  It has only to be swept up from the ground, shovelled into sacks and sent off. I have seen myself thousands of square miles covered with mahwa trees.  The main portion of the petals at present feed the forest birds and beasts. It is also a more certain crop than any fruit crop - a bad mahwa petal year was never known. I tell Dr Forbes that the Govt should do away with the opium trade and monopolize mahwa in its place.  I wrote an account  of the mahwa tree in the Statistical Reporter (Calcutta), in (I think) Dec 1875.  I remain yours faithfully, Ed. Lockwood.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050835
modified: 2007-07-23 14:16:27.900000
ScientificName: Madhuca longifolia
scientificNameAuthorship: (J.Koenig ex L.) J.F.Macbr.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Madhuca
specificEpithet: longifolia
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Arnold & Co, 7 Drake Street, Plymouth - Seed and Bulb Merchants M. 425-32 28th May Mr Holland, I think your suggestion about this powder is correct. The cellular structure agrees very closely with that of the kernel of Bassia latifolia you sent for comparison. CRM 1.6.32


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occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050838
modified: 2008-02-05 14:45:29.140000
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: India
ScientificName: Madhuca longifolia
scientificNameAuthorship: (J.Koenig ex L.) J.F.Macbr.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Madhuca
specificEpithet: longifolia
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Sample - Fine Mowrah Meal, directions for use, leave the ground unrolled for several days and apply the Mowrah Meal on a mild day when the ground is moist and the worms are active. The meal should be applied at the rate of half-a-pound per square yard and watered in immediately with a hose or can. If water is not available the meal should be applied during a spell of wet weather whilst it is raining heavily


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050839
modified: 2006-11-29 16:01:38.393000
ScientificName: Madhuca longifolia
scientificNameAuthorship: (J.Koenig ex L.) J.F.Macbr.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Madhuca
specificEpithet: longifolia
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Purchased as a 'worm killer' from Messr. Cato, High Road, Chiswick price 4d per lb 31.5.32 FNH Mr Holland, I forgot to mention this morning that there are pieces of the shell in the mixture as well as the kernels. I was rather taken up with Mr Jackson's pine needles when you came in and so forgot to point this out. Bassia sp, B.latifolia (kernels for examination) CRM P.S. I think the sample purchased by Mr Howes is the same thing, but rather more completely pulverized.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050863
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: India, Northern Provinces, Samuru 7 miles NW of Xaria
ScientificName: Madhuca longifolia
scientificNameAuthorship: (J.Koenig ex L.) J.F.Macbr.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Madhuca
specificEpithet: longifolia
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Large fruits typical of Northern Provinces. Jar of 3 fruits. Tree 20 ft high 16.vii.1928


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collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050872
country: Dominica
countryCode: DM
locality: Dominica
ScientificName: Manilkara zapota
scientificNameAuthorship: (L.) P.Royen
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Manilkara
specificEpithet: zapota
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Dried latex of the Sapodilla tree obtained by air drying, no chemicals used. Bat. Jones Dominica B.W. 4.12.14


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collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050882
modified: 2016-12-13 11:04:01.333000
country: Mexico
countryCode: MX
locality: Mexico
ScientificName: Manilkara zapota
scientificNameAuthorship: (L.) P.Royen
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Manilkara
specificEpithet: zapota
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Purchased in New York See letter April 13.76 Chicle gum (Lucuna glycyphloem ?) Mouesia ? Known also in the New York market as Mexican gum and rubber juice and is used in combination with India Rubber, mixed with rubber however it makes thesubstance too brittle for insulating purposes. It ?? not find its way to the English market.  See letter from Siemens Bros to Prof Dyer dated April 27th 76 Opuscular source:  For Mouesia See Pharm Journal p.125 187 Vol IV Lucuma glycyphloeum = Chrysophyllum barauheim Extract of letter to the Earl of Dufferin Governor General of Canada from Mr A Kirkwood of the Crown Lands Office Ontario dated Torento Jan 3 1876 I am induced to write to your excellncy about the gum called Chicle a sample of which was sentto me in 1872 by Messrs Latassa and Co of New York. It was imported from Mexico and was the produce of a tree called Zapota, doubtless of the order Sapotaceae which produces Gutta Percha but the specific name was not given. My correspondents state that  the gum Chicle was used in New York for manufacturing chewing gum, but were under the impression that firm there had discovered an important use for it in combination with rubber and for insulating cable wires. The price at that time 40 pounds sterling per 100 lbs net cash. It was thought that an essential oil adapted for perfumery could be extracted from this gum and it was stated that a substance known in the materia Medica as Monesia was extracted from it. Some experiments were also made with it, with a view of manufacturing a paint for vessels bottoms.


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collectionCode: Economic Botany
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modified: 2016-12-13 11:04:26.357000
country: Jamaica
countryCode: JM
locality: Jamaica
ScientificName: Achras
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Achras
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  The bolts being respectively of Olive, Zenra and Spanish Elm, and the the door plate of Mahoe, Paritium elatum Don. This lock is identical with the wooden locks of the ancient Egyptians


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occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050890
modified: 2004-07-20 12:39:14.907000
recordedBy: Spruce, Richard
country: Brazil
countryCode: BR
locality: Brazil, Para
ScientificName: Mimusops elata
scientificNameAuthorship: Allemão ex Miq.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Mimusops
specificEpithet: elata
occurrenceRemarks:
Source: Spruce, R. (1855) Domestic Uses.  Plantae Amazonicae. Domestic Uses. (pp31-61) and miscellaneous notes, p37.: Thus bearing this name found north of Amazon upwards.  Probably all belong to same genus of  Sapotaceae.  Trees seen at Para had leaves which were veined like those of Lecoma rinoa.  The fruit was said to be one of the most delicious of wild fruits.  The species I found on mapping Guania have fruit of rather disagreeable taste.  Milk also is not drinkable where that of Para is delicious, like that of Cumá.  Milk of another species growing on terre firme is considered better for glue, but this also has not a pleasant taste.  All species seem to have a deep, dull heavy wood; that of terre firme much esteemed for canoes.  Source:  Spruce, R (1851-1855) Uses of Amazon plants.  Journals from Barra to the Orinoco, from Barra to Tarapoto and notes on the uses of Amazon plants and on cryptograms, p 3: On Guaimi milk much used as a glue especially for fixing feather on verandas of Maqueiras.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050895
modified: 2012-09-26 13:06:20.090000
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: India
ScientificName: Mimusops elengi
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Mimusops
specificEpithet: elengi
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  See Dymock The bark is red woody and fibrous and has a thin grey epidermis studded with lichens; its general appearance when dry reminds one of red Cinchona, but the inner surface is marked with whitish stains as if it were mildewed. On breaking the bark these stains are seen to penetrate the substance to some depth; they are caused by the drying of the milky juice with which the tree abounds. Upon soaking a piece of dried bark in water it becomes coated with mucilage, and a milky fluid can be squeezed out from its freshly cut surface. Microscopic examination discovers no distinctive characterists. Wowlee bark is bitter and astringent. I have no experience of its use. M.kauki, the adams fruit of Goa, has much the same properties. The olive shaped berries of both trees are edible.


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modified: 2024-11-15 17:27:10.803000
country: Suriname
countryCode: SR
locality: Dutch Guiana
ScientificName: Mimusops globosa
scientificNameAuthorship: C.F.Gaertn.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Mimusops
specificEpithet: globosa
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Sent with the compliments of the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Report No 406 M.S. samples separate October 2 1896 Opuscular source:  Report No 124 1896 - Foreign Office 1896 Miscellaneous Series, No 406 Reports on subjects of General and Commercial Interest, Netherlands, Report on the Balata Industry of Dutch Guiana - including information on balata industry, distribution of trees, commercial character of balata etc.


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occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050907
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: Indore
ScientificName: Mimusops hexandra
scientificNameAuthorship: Roxb.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Mimusops
specificEpithet: hexandra
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Sir Dietrich Brandis states this to be M.hexandra JHH 29.4.03 Oil Seed and oils Prov No 2769


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collectionCode: Economic Botany
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occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050910
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: Indore
ScientificName: Mimusops hexandra
scientificNameAuthorship: Roxb.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Mimusops
specificEpithet: hexandra
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Sir Dietrich Brandis states that this is M.hexandra 29.4.03 JHH DD Maharajah Dolkar of India, No 177


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occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050913
modified: 2007-09-26 11:43:38.933000
country: Brazil
countryCode: BR
locality: Brazil
ScientificName: Mimusops
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Mimusops
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source: (Letter 361, 1924: xvi.p. 39) Certificate of analysis: Report on sample of Balata marked No.1 received from the Madeira-Mamore Railway Co. 21.8.24. This sample contains as follows: Gutta hydrocarbon - 25.85 Resin - 57.50 Moisture - 3.70 Mineral Matter - 0.65 Carbohydrates, traces of bark etc. (Insoluable in Benzol) - 12.30 Total 100.00


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modified: 2006-05-22 16:15:04.257000
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: Andaman Islands
ScientificName: Mimusops littoralis
scientificNameAuthorship: Kurz
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Mimusops
specificEpithet: littoralis
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  'Obunga' species of apron consisting of one to six leaves of Mimusops littoralis (Andaman do gota) which are fastened to the lowest bod ? (waistbelt see no. 25) by women from motiros of modest; the leaves are not spread out so as to cover a wide surface, but are laid one above the other and removed separately as each becomes stiff & shrivelled the reason given for the selection of this particular leaf is that it keeps green for a longer time than any other. Extract from appendix B 'The aboriginal inhabitants of the Andaman Islands By E H Than 8.4.02.


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modified: 2004-04-29 18:10:32.007000
recordedBy: Spruce, Richard
country: Brazil
countryCode: BR
locality: Brazil, Para
ScientificName: Mimusops elata
scientificNameAuthorship: Allemão ex Miq.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Mimusops
specificEpithet: elata
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Portion of stem showing milk exuding.  Source: Spruce, R. (1855) Domestic Uses.  Plantae Amazonicae. Domestic Uses. (pp31-61) and miscellaneous notes, p37.: Thus bearing this name found north of Amazon upwards.  Probably all belong to same genus of  Sapotaceae.  Trees seen at Para had leaves which were veined like those of Lecoma rinoa.  The fruit was said to be one of the most delicious of wild fruits.  The species I found on mapping Guania have fruit of rather disagreeable taste.  Milkalso is not drinkable where that of Para is delicious, like that of Cumá.  Milk of another species growing on terre firme is considered better for glue, but this also has not a pleasant taste.  All species seem to have a deep, dull heavy wood; that of terre firme much esteemed for canoes.


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occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050921
locality: Dutch West Indies
ScientificName: Mimusops
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Mimusops
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Nov. 17 Louise J M Bonke Consul for the Netherlands N W Buildings 10 Victoria St. Liverpool. (See letter: 374. 1909.).


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occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050923
modified: 2006-05-19 15:57:51.757000
country: Brazil
countryCode: BR
locality: Brazil
ScientificName: Mimusops
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Mimusops
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  One large piece left at Museum by Mr Terry Brazil 55.1924. Smaller samples 57.1924 with letter as follows. J.H.H. Certificate of analysis: Report on sample of Balata marked No. A received from the Madeira-Mamore Railway Co 21.8.1924. This sample contains as follows: Gutta hydrocarbon - 90.40, Resin - 4.15, Bark, Colouring Matter etc (insoluble in Benzol) - 4.00, Moisture - 0.85, Mineral Matter (Ash) - 0.60. Sample 3B; Gutta Hydrocarbon - 91.35, Resin - 3.80, Bark, Colouring Matter etc - 2.00, Moisture - 2.25, Mineral Matter (Ash) - 0.60. Sample 3C; Gutta hydrocarbon - 91.20, Resin - 3.55, Bark, Colouring Matter etc - 2.30, Moisture - 2.25, Mineral Matter (Ash) - 0.70.


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occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050924
modified: 2007-06-19 16:00:06.993000
country: Nigeria
countryCode: NG
locality: West Africa, Southern Nigeria, Degema
identifiedBy: Hutchinson J
ScientificName: Mimusops djave
scientificNameAuthorship: Engl.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Mimusops
specificEpithet: djave
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  See letter 202. 1906 See Sapotas Corres for copy. On His Majesty's Service Contents of Bag. Shea Butter Nuts of no value.


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occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050926
modified: 2006-05-19 15:50:06.813000
locality: River Niger
ScientificName: Mimusops
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Mimusops
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Imported into Liverpool from the River Niger as Shea Butter seeds. A further sample of these seeds was received from Messrs Latham & Son 6.4.93. with a note to the effect that they contain 40 % of oil & 8% of water. The oil is a hard oil and of about the same consistence as palm kernel very white and bright looking. Label source:  This appears to be Mimusops sp ? is possibly Mimusops d'jare J.H.H., Buillonella d'jare Pierre. See monograph of Sapotaceae Engl. illustration in Herbarium. Feb.24/64.


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occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050928
modified: 2007-08-30 14:15:20.367000
country: Ghana
countryCode: GH
locality: Ghana
ScientificName: Mimusops
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Mimusops
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Oil products;  A native at Cape Coast, writing to a Liverpool Merchant, states that a product known as the Bacco nut contains on oil for various utilities from a native point of view and the method of extracting it on the coast is similar to the one in vogue for treating Palm Kernels, namely beating the produce in a wooden mortar and then frying in a pot.  The writer alleges that these nuts are found to yield more oil than Palm Kernels.  (Extract from Gold Coast Globe, March 4th 1902) This appears to be mimusops, it is possible M d'jave.


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collectionCode: Economic Botany
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occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050930
modified: 2007-09-26 11:44:00.027000
country: Brazil
countryCode: BR
locality: Brazil
ScientificName: Mimusops
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Mimusops
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Specimen Z is another sp of M. also closely related to M elata.  (See report by Mr Sprague 9.xii.24 - copy in S American lists)  Letter 361, 1924, xvi. p 39.  JHH


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collectionCode: Economic Botany
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occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050931
modified: 2005-04-18 15:48:39.667000
country: Guyana
countryCode: GY
locality: British Guiana
ScientificName: Mimusops globosa
scientificNameAuthorship: C.F.Gaertn.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Mimusops
specificEpithet: globosa
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  2 rolls - one as page 1, 2 = purified rolled balata from Surinam, 126.1908. From Mr JG Von Hemert,  International Rubber Exhibition 1908


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collectionCode: Economic Botany
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occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050939
modified: 2006-07-03 16:18:13.603000
country: Brazil
countryCode: BR
locality: Brazil, Bahia, All Saints Bay
ScientificName: Mimusops elata
scientificNameAuthorship: Allemão ex Miq.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Mimusops
specificEpithet: elata
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Portion of pile of hard wood, after being exposed to wind and water, and bored by Teredo, in All Saints Bay.


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occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050941
country: Guyana
countryCode: GY
locality: British Guiana
ScientificName: Sapotaceae
scientificNameAuthorship: Juss.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Fruit of Lagenaria vulgaris Ser. in which collectors of Balata bring the milk from the forest to the settlement.


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collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050951
modified: 2012-12-20 13:12:45.077000
country: Seychelles
countryCode: SC
locality: Seychelles
ScientificName: Northia seychellana
scientificNameAuthorship: Hook.f.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Northia
specificEpithet: seychellana
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  3 seeds out of a consignment of a dozen or more sent to Mr Sampson by FL Squibbs, Asst. Director of Dept of Agric.  Remainder to pits 8.viii.32.


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modified: 2009-02-05 08:50:33.563000
country: Seychelles
countryCode: SC
locality: Seychelles
ScientificName: Northia seychellana
scientificNameAuthorship: Hook.f.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Northia
specificEpithet: seychellana
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  From a 2 seeded fruit From Herb July 1916 found in this bottle (in paper bag) on return from being on loan to Mr Hemsley JHH


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collectionCode: Economic Botany
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occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050963
modified: 2024-11-15 17:27:09.597000
country: Malaysia
countryCode: MY
locality: Penang, Waterfall Valley
ScientificName: Plantae
kingdom: Plantae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Reported by Messrs Hecht, Levis & Kahn ' Quality very fine would be easily saleable at 5/6d per lb'  Feb 19.1900 From tree in Waterfall Valley


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050969
modified: 2006-05-22 11:37:17.153000
country: Malaysia
countryCode: MY
locality: Perak, Taiping
ScientificName: Palaquium gutta var. oblongifolium
scientificNameAuthorship: (Burck) H.J.Lam
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Palaquium
specificEpithet: gutta
infraspecificEpithet: oblongifolium
taxonRank: Variety
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Labels attached to specimens - A piece of the same gutta as that marked C cleaned of the larger impurities Gutta boiled by the Malaya and mixed with bark and dirt. Report by Messrs Hecht, Levis & Kahn, 36 Fenchurch Street EC dated Oct 30th1900  'Your favour samples to hand. Sample C is a medium quality white gutta percha a value about 2/6 per lb. Sample D. We should not have considered this at all the same thing if your label had not said so. It is brittle, dead and next to useless and would not fetch many pence per lb. Before shipping in large quanities we should recommend trial shipments of about 1/2 a ton to give manufactures a chance of throughly testing the quality, as some of the new kinds of Gutta turn out of very little use commercially.


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occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050977
modified: 2006-07-24 15:28:46.917000
ScientificName: Palaquium oleosum
scientificNameAuthorship: Burck
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Palaquium
specificEpithet: oleosum
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Letter 547, 1916 : XI p.96 Seeds of P.oleosum ? Imp Inst 6052/16, No 1  -  The specimens have been compared with seeds of P. oleosum, Burck (Mus 125.1898, Dr Treub). They are probably the seeds of that species, but the comparison has been incomplete on account of the absence of the outer covering of the seeds in the named specimens. LAB 3.1.17


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occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050981
country: Malaysia
countryCode: MY
locality: Malacca
ScientificName: Palaquium obovatum
scientificNameAuthorship: (Griff.) Engl.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Palaquium
specificEpithet: obovatum
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Probable value about 1d to 2d per lb. Low Bastard White Gutta apparentely badly prepared probable value in present state 1d to 2d per lb, Hecht, Levis & Kahn report 17 July 1900


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occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050982
ScientificName: Sapotaceae
scientificNameAuthorship: Juss.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Cast of the Seal of the Rural Dean of Ospringe Kent. About 14th century Sigilla decani deca natus de osprenge


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occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050983
modified: 2006-05-09 17:16:52.377000
ScientificName: Palaquium oleosum
scientificNameAuthorship: Burck
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Palaquium
specificEpithet: oleosum
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  H 1585/16 - Sample of Illipe Nuts 'Large Siak' Imp Inst. - The specimens are the seeds (with the outer covering removed) of one of the Sapotaceae, probably the Sumatran species of Palaquium, the seeds of which yield 'Suntei' -fat. LAB 26.10.16 4807/16 Letter 442,1916 Xi p.66


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occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000050990
modified: 2006-06-12 16:22:39.270000
country: Indonesia
countryCode: ID
locality: Borneo, Kapuas River
ScientificName: Sapotaceae
scientificNameAuthorship: Juss.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Described as the second best sort the tree only found in hilly ground and resembles the durian tree in appearance hence the name. The sap is at first a rosy colour. It is the Dichopsis gutta of Bent & Trimen. No 24 1880


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occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051014
modified: 2006-10-27 14:55:36.567000
country: Indonesia
countryCode: ID
locality: Borneo, Kapuas River
ScientificName: Sapotaceae
scientificNameAuthorship: Juss.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  The term Ploot or P'loot is Dyak and is the only one that they have for Gutta Percha. The trees grow in hilly tracts and the sap is brownish. The leaves are much like those of the Champaka (Michelia Champaca) but are redder in colour on the under side. 3rd class.


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occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051018
modified: 2010-07-15 14:40:26.510000
locality: Borneo
ScientificName: Sapotaceae
scientificNameAuthorship: Juss.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Pure Gutta 'Gutta nichi'? a red Gutta of the Kadyan Malay & is a ? when collect ?..? illegible!


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051022
modified: 2006-11-07 13:30:25.943000
ScientificName: Sapotaceae
scientificNameAuthorship: Juss.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Report by Messrs Hecht Levis & Kahn 21 Mincing Lane 15/7/92. 'The sample contains a large quantity of gum which renders it almost valuless and we do not think it would be worth more than 1d or at the outside 1 1/2 per pound. It is very brittle.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051024
recordedBy: Wray L Jnr
country: Malaysia
countryCode: MY
locality: Perak, Larut
ScientificName: Dichopsis maingayi
scientificNameAuthorship: C.B.Clarke
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Dichopsis
specificEpithet: maingayi
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Exhibited by the Government of Perak. Section 4 Class 1. Yields gutta-percha which is sold in the market as Getah Puteh.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051033
modified: 2006-10-25 12:03:35.357000
country: Singapore
countryCode: SG
locality: Malaya, Singapore
ScientificName: Palaquium
scientificNameAuthorship: Blanco
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Palaquium
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Specimen of the Gatah Percha an exudation from an ? described tree growing near Singapore, given ? Mr Crista ? Lungeon H.E.J.C.S. It has been locally used for making bougies, elastic, catheters, etc and some official account of it by Dr Montgomery ? and Mr Clelland is to be found in one of the Indian periodicals. I have to request that Mr Gray will give them to some museum of Materia Medica as specimens like the present are rarely to be procured, the substance being manufactured immediately into whips from which the bougies have hitherto been made. Signed J McGillivray.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051041
modified: 2006-11-03 15:22:52.103000
country: Indonesia
countryCode: ID
locality: Borneo, Kapuas River
ScientificName: Sapotaceae
scientificNameAuthorship: Juss.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Best sort exported from Kapuas River.  English manufacture.  The trees grow in the hilly country and generally in a yellow clay soil; in appearance it resembles the waringen tree - Ficus racemosa.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051066
modified: 2005-07-04 14:49:03.387000
country: Dominica
countryCode: DM
locality: Dominica
ScientificName: Pouteria multiflora
scientificNameAuthorship: (A.DC.) Eyma
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Pouteria
specificEpithet: multiflora
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Extract from letter from J Jones to Director, from Botanic Station Dominica, 2nd August, 1897:  Seeds of another forest tree of Dominica known as Pain d'epice it is a large tree and the fruit is sometimes eaten but it is certainly a very poor fruit.  Mr Hart in his Report for 1896 speaks of a tree in Trinidad known under the above name and he says it is Lucuma multiflora.  Penny a piece applied to L multiflora in Dominica and other West Indian Islands.  Referred to in Herb sheets and also in description of the plant in Icones Plantanum. Plate 2498.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051067
modified: 2006-11-08 16:19:33.953000
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: Nicobar Islands
ScientificName: Pouteria longipetiolata
scientificNameAuthorship: (King & Prain) Baehni
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Pouteria
specificEpithet: longipetiolata
occurrenceRemarks:
Opuscular source:  Letter dated 26th Feb 1902 - Dear Sir William Thiselton Dyer, On 30th Nov last you wrote to me regarding item No 111 in my Nicobar Catalogue. I wrote to Port Blair at the time and the Chaplain there kindly procured and sent specimensofthe 2 kinds of plant used at the different islands of the group. I do not know whether the S.longipetiolatum is a kin to Gluta longipetiolata for on referring to my Andaman App. I find that the latter name is given against the Andaman name Ja-da. I enclose Major Prain's letter with reference to your truely EH Man S.longipetiolatum King & Prain was described and figured in Am, Bot. Gard. Calcutta IX.I.50 tab 63.  We have no specimen of the plant in the herbarium; but there seems to be no reason to doubt the correctness of the identification of Man's No 111 with the species mentioned above  Signed Otto Stapf 28.2.02 Label source:  Thought to be Terminalia catappa ?


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051078
country: Ghana
countryCode: GH
locality: Ghana
ScientificName: Tieghemella heckelii
scientificNameAuthorship: (A.Chev.) Pierre ex Dubard
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Tieghemella
specificEpithet: heckelii
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  See letter 299, 1914:ix.p.121. Copy in Sapotaceae cover 'probably correct as Dumoria heckeli'. V B Co Ltd Walton, Liverpool.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051085
modified: 2006-11-06 18:25:03.307000
country: Solomon Islands
countryCode: SB
locality: Solomon Islands
ScientificName: Sapotaceae
scientificNameAuthorship: Juss.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Apple shaped variety. Seeds of a Sapotaceous tree a native of the Solomon Islands - local name Tucopia. Seeds received from Curator Botanic Gardens Fiji.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051086
country: South Africa
countryCode: ZA
locality: South Africa
ScientificName: Sapotaceae
scientificNameAuthorship: Juss.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Material asked for J. M.H ? 3/9/91. 388/1891. From Botanic Gardens Durban, Natal. Parinarium ?


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051088
locality: Africa
ScientificName: Sapotaceae
scientificNameAuthorship: Juss.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  From W Porter & Co Liverpool 20/05/1878 To W Thistelton Dyer: Sir, Mr Samuelson has told us that you have written him respecting some nuts imported by some friends of ours from Africa; and as he says you would like a larger specimen for your museum we send you all we have. Remain Yours Truely.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051096
modified: 2006-10-30 11:25:41.950000
country: South Africa
countryCode: ZA
locality: South Africa
ScientificName: Sapotaceae
scientificNameAuthorship: Juss.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
occurrenceRemarks:
Opuscular source:  Letter from Chemist & Druggist to J Masters Hillier, Kew: Dear Sir, I send you by post a sample of a South African product obtained from a tree about 60 ft high, 'evidently belonging,' says a Johannesburg subscriber, 'to the Sapotaceaeorder.' Our subscriber believes it to be a species of India rubber, but two rubber brokers in Mincing Lane declare that it is not rubber, one of them believing it to be a species of Euphorbia. Prehaps you'll be able to identify the specimen and to write us a brief note about it. I also send you a sample of an Indian drug from Bombay, called 'Epicocona' can you give us any information about this. I am yours faithfully.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051097
modified: 2006-10-30 11:54:03.607000
country: Solomon Islands
countryCode: SB
locality: Solomon Islands
ScientificName: Sapotaceae
scientificNameAuthorship: Juss.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Seeds of apparently a Sapotaceaeous tree - a native of the Solomon Islands - local name - Tucopia (pear shaped variety). Seeds received from Curator Botanic Gardens Fiji.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051098
modified: 2006-10-27 15:35:42.953000
country: Trinidad and Tobago
countryCode: TT
locality: Trinidad
ScientificName: Sapotaceae
scientificNameAuthorship: Juss.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  I think now this is Sapotaceae, and worth keeping, although we cannot identify it. W.B.H.?


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051099
modified: 2010-12-06 11:22:44.240000
country: Dominica
countryCode: DM
locality: Dominica
ScientificName: Bumelia retusa
scientificNameAuthorship: Sw.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Bumelia
specificEpithet: retusa
occurrenceRemarks:
Opuscular source:  Extract from letter from Mr J Jones to Director, dated Botanic Station, Dominica 2.8.97.  Seeds of a forest tree of Dominica known as balate.  It must not be confounded with the tree known as balate.  The balate bears a fruit which is sometimes eaten but it is a very poor fruit.  The tree grows to a large size.. Sapota sp


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051102
modified: 2024-11-15 17:27:10.163000
country: Fiji
countryCode: FJ
locality: Fiji
ScientificName: Sapotaceae
scientificNameAuthorship: Juss.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Very poor quality, slightly elastic, might fetch at this date from 10d to 1/4 Per pound.  (1898)


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051103
modified: 2006-05-10 16:25:11.357000
locality: West Africa
ScientificName: Sapotaceae
scientificNameAuthorship: Juss.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Letter 223. 1928. xvii p 22.  Specimens of bark ref D578.  The specimens of bark do not agree in structure with the tree yohimbe bark.   It has not been found possible to identify them, but the suggestion is made that they may perhaps belong to the Sapotaceae.  Lab 6.8.26


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051104
modified: 2007-09-20 16:16:13.257000
country: Madagascar
countryCode: MG
locality: Madagascar
ScientificName: Sapotaceae
scientificNameAuthorship: Juss.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Probably sapotaceous, but apparently not the same as the sp of wood with bark labelled Labramia bojeri (Mus. Anderson) LaB 11.1.29. Used as a dye giving a reddish brown colour to cloth boiled along with it. See Kew Bulletin 1890. p 207 - Economic plants of Medagascar.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051114
modified: 2012-09-26 13:08:45.413000
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: India
ScientificName: Mimusops elengi
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Mimusops
specificEpithet: elengi
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  The bark is red woody and fibrous, and has a thin grey epidermis studded with lichens, its general appearance when dry reminds one of the red cinchona, but the inner surface is marked with whitish stains as if it was mildewed; on breaking the bark these stains are seen to penetrate the substance to some depth, they are caused by the drying of the milky juice with which the tree abounds.  Upon soaking  a piece of dry bark in water it becomes coated with mucilage, and a milky fluid can be squeezed out from its freshly cut surface.  Microscopic examination discovers no distinctive characteristics.  Wowlee bark is bitter and astringent.  I have no experience of its use.  Mimusops kanki, the adams fruit of Goa has nuch the same properties.  The olive shaped berries of both trees are edible.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051126
ScientificName: Butyrospermum parkii
scientificNameAuthorship: (G.Don) Kotschy
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Butyrospermum
specificEpithet: parkii
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Unidentified nuts found in a separate bag of a consignment of calabar beans ( A.N. 18517).  in Dec. 1948 at Wellcome Chemical Works, Dartford.  See letter under cork


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051128
modified: 2004-01-07 15:46:34.840000
country: Brazil
countryCode: BR
locality: Para
ScientificName: Mimusops
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapotaceae
genus: Mimusops
occurrenceRemarks:
Opuscular source:  Letter to RBG Kew 2.12.1854.  My dear Sir, the only substance which we have in the Kew museum at all like your Gum Zapoti is the juice of the Maperanduba (Of which I enclose a sp) a large sapotaceous tree growing at Para.  You will find this substance mentioned by Mr Spruce in Hookers 'Kew Garden Miscellany' vol 2 (1850) p 74 and 243, and also by Mr Wallace in 'Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro'.  I do not think there can be much doubt but that it is sapotaceous.  I there is a large quantity of gum zapoti in the market I should like to know who is the importer of it so as to procure a sp if it for the museum. Believe me Yours very truly A Smith  (To D Hanbury)


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000005113
recordNumber: 7944
recordedBy: Bally PRO
country: Kenya
countryCode: KE
locality: Kenya, Chyulus
eventDate: 1938-01-01 00:00:00.0000000
verbatimEventDate: 00/00/1938
ScientificName: Allophylus abyssinicus
scientificNameAuthorship: (Hochst.) Radlk.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Sapindaceae
genus: Allophylus
specificEpithet: abyssinicus
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  In rainforest above 5500 feet. Tall forest tree, with buttressed roots growing more like large spreading shrub on forest edge.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051208
modified: 2003-12-03 10:45:30.900000
country: United States
countryCode: US
locality: North America
ScientificName: Arctostaphylos tomentosa
scientificNameAuthorship: (Pursh) Lindl.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Ericaceae
genus: Arctostaphylos
specificEpithet: tomentosa
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Californian shrub, grow in light sandy soil, hardy will bear cold.  Difficult to grow.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051209
modified: 2006-09-05 10:22:56.773000
ScientificName: Arctostaphylos glauca
scientificNameAuthorship: Lindl.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Ericaceae
genus: Arctostaphylos
specificEpithet: glauca
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Inlaid with 12 different woods.  Borders of Arrow Buckeye and Manzanita, names of panels commence with red colour. 1. Mt Mahogany = Cercocaipos ledifolius. 2. Mahania = Barbaris pinnata.  3.  Big Tree = Sequoia gigantea.  4. Rose Family = Phatinia arbutifolia. 5. Manzanita = Arctostaphylos glauca. 6.6. Nutmeg.= Ferreya californica.  7. Buckthorn = Rhamnus.  8. Lilac = Ceanothus.  9/ Spicewood = Calycanthus occidentalis  10. = Arrow = Frangula californica. 11. Juniper = Juniperus occidentalis.  12.  = Garrya fremontia.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051212
modified: 2006-09-04 17:32:03.100000
ScientificName: Calluna vulgaris
scientificNameAuthorship: (L.) Hull
kingdom: Plantae
family: Ericaceae
genus: Calluna
specificEpithet: vulgaris
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Sample of heather from a hand brush of the ? type, recovered from the Dutch East Indiaman 'Amsterdam', wrecked off Hastings 1748/9.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051213
modified: 2006-08-24 15:30:32.497000
locality: Europe
ScientificName: Calluna vulgaris
scientificNameAuthorship: (L.) Hull
kingdom: Plantae
family: Ericaceae
genus: Calluna
specificEpithet: vulgaris
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  4 brushes. 1. Used in Copenhagen for cleaning pots. 2. Sold at 1 1/2d each, Rannock Perthshire., Sir W T Thistleton Dyer.  3.  Used in Copenhagen, 4. Used in North of France.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051227
modified: 2003-12-01 10:18:29.973000
country: Canada
countryCode: CA
locality: Vancouver Island
ScientificName: Gaultheria shallon
scientificNameAuthorship: Pursh
kingdom: Plantae
family: Ericaceae
genus: Gaultheria
specificEpithet: shallon
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Cake made of the compressed fruits by the Indians at the North End of Vancouver Island. Native name Broo. Procured by Mr Sand?


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051230
modified: 2007-01-18 15:52:30.010000
country: United States
countryCode: US
locality: North America
ScientificName: Kalmia angustifolia
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Ericaceae
genus: Kalmia
specificEpithet: angustifolia
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Selected specimens of southern crude drugs - Wallace Bros, Statesville N.C. A decoction of the leaves is used by negros of N. Carolina as a wash for ulcers.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051234
modified: 2004-01-07 10:39:53.497000
country: Canada
countryCode: CA
locality: Saskatchawan, Carlton
ScientificName: Ledum latifolium
scientificNameAuthorship: Jacq.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Ericaceae
genus: Ledum
specificEpithet: latifolium
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source: --Ledum latifolium thé Maskago (Crees) Carlton, Saskatchewan--   Labrador tea or Maskaego of the Cree Indians.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051240
modified: 2007-01-18 14:20:22.870000
country: United States
countryCode: US
locality: North America
ScientificName: Plantae
kingdom: Plantae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Likewise a North American species, the wood of which is similar to the last named. Specimens were sent  to Kew by Professor Sargent for report in 1882, but was so badly seasoned, that no satisfactory opinion could be obtained regarding it.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051243
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: India, North West Province, Garhwal
ScientificName: Rhododendron arboreum
scientificNameAuthorship: Sm.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Ericaceae
genus: Rhododendron
specificEpithet: arboreum
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  British India. Exhibitor: Divisional Forest Officer Naiui Tal ?? No. 653 D.D. Cat.p.21.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051244
recordedBy: Maw George
country: Greece
countryCode: GR
locality: Mount Olympus
eventDate: 1877-04-01 00:00:00.0000000
verbatimEventDate: 00/04/1877
ScientificName: Vaccinium arctostaphylos
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Ericaceae
genus: Vaccinium
specificEpithet: arctostaphylos
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  From a shrub growing on mount Olympus. Extensively used at Broussa. Sold for about 8d per pound. I am promised specimens of the plant & will forward to kew.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051256
modified: 2006-08-24 10:15:00.157000
country: Türkiye
countryCode: TR
locality: Turkey
ScientificName: Vaccinium arctostaphylos
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Ericaceae
genus: Vaccinium
specificEpithet: arctostaphylos
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Produced at Amassia and Tokat. Article enclosed by WT Thiselton Dyer, Asst Director, RBG Kew, from Pharm Journal March 21, 1885.*....Though the aroma of the Trebizond tea was so agreeable, the taste of a decoction was harsh and mawkish, with no appreciable resemblance to that of true tea.  ...1. The tea in question became a commercial article in 1880; at first its consumption was limited to the country and particularly to those districts in which Circassian colonies had been founded.2.  It is manufactured by Circassian planters in the neighbourhood of Amassia, Tokat and Horek, all in the province of Roum, at a short distance from the forest which clothes the mountain chain called Beldagh, and on which the plant which furnishes the tea in question grows in great abundance.  3.  I have not been able to ascertain the process of manufacture which takes place within the houses of the Circassian colonists who undertake this industry, and who appear to be pretty numerous.  4.  There are several gatherings of tea; that which yields the best quality takes place in May.  About 5000 ocques (ocque = 2 3/4lbs) are actually manufactured annually, but this quantity could be considerably augmented if there were occasion for it.  5.  At the time of gathering the plant is in a shrubby state.  6.  The tea is sold on the spot at about 5 piastres per ocque.  The cost of transport to Samsoon might amount to about one piastre, which brings the price per ocque to six piastres in that town.  7.  The consumption is  almost limited to the requirements of the Vilayets of Sivaz (Roum) and Angora (Anatolia).  It is to the town bearing the last mentioned name that the greater part of the crop is sent.  In 1881 a consignment was sent to France, but the transaction was nota profitable one.  Some further consignments to Constantinople also do not appear to have been successful. Pharm Journ March 21, 1885


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051281
ScientificName: Lobelia rhynchopetalum
scientificNameAuthorship: Hemsl.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Campanulaceae
genus: Lobelia
specificEpithet: rhynchopetalum
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Network of cortical bundles in natural position. The white lines indicate the position of the stronger, oblique bundles relative to the leaf-scars.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051286
country: Uganda
countryCode: UG
locality: Uganda Protectorate
ScientificName: Lobelia
scientificNameAuthorship: Plum. ex L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Campanulaceae
genus: Lobelia
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  10000 to 12000 ft Recd March 14.1901 Submitted to Mr Hemsley for name Mr Hiller - We cannot give specific name at present WBH


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051296
modified: 2006-08-23 17:38:29.640000
country: Australia
countryCode: AU
locality: Tasmanian Mountains, Tasmania, Australia, Australasia
ScientificName: Abrotanella forsteroides
scientificNameAuthorship: (Hook.f.) Benth.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Abrotanella
specificEpithet: forsteroides
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Forms immense patches many feet in diameter on the mountains. A young mass, entire of my plant called Forstana ?. The usual size of the masses is 4 to 6 feet in diameter higher at the top than round the margins. 17 Jan 1845. In all masses of this plant a number of others are usually found each as a small sp. of ??? a plant like Plantago ? and several others, and it is surrounded by a ???? plant which I have not got in H. This ?? this specimen Van Diemens Land


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051301
modified: 2006-02-16 14:51:49.290000
country: Iran
countryCode: IR
locality: Iran, Western Asia, Asia Temperate
ScientificName: Achillea santolina
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Achillea
specificEpithet: santolina
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  K.B. 1931 p.302  Ait. mss; I.H.B.; Schl.; Boiss.ii.266; Ph. Ind. ii 272 The dried herb with flower heads sold in Teheran is collected about Senneh and the surrounding hills (C). The plant is widely distributed in the East and in Northern Africa. The flowers are arranged in corymbs. The heads are 5mm high and 3mm in diameter, the tubular flowers are yellow, and the involucres are covered with grey tomentose scales. They have a pleasant aroma. The flowering heads are used as a tonic and carminative in Persia and Sind. The strong odour of the herb drives away fleas and other noxious insects. In Baluchistan the drug is given to children for colic. Dymock says the common yarrow (A.millefoliata Grec.) growing in India, goes by the same name and has similar properties. Previous geog.origin -  Persia


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051306
modified: 2013-03-07 12:18:15.663000
country: Morocco
countryCode: MA
locality: Morocco, Northern Africa, Africa
ScientificName: Plantae
kingdom: Plantae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Sample of root from Morocco. Messrs Harrison & Crosfield Ltd, 1-4 Great Tower Street, EC 3. The sample appears to be the root of A.pyrethrum DC. LAB 11.5.20 Label source:  Letter 208, 1920 ; XIII p.164 - May 12th 1920 Messrs Harrison & Crosfield Ltd. Acknowledge the receipt of their letter of the 5th instant and in reply to say that the root from Morocco, submitted for identification appears to be that of A.pyrethrum, the 'Pellitory' of Spain. Fluckiger & Hanbury (Pharmacographia: A History of the Principal Drugs of Vegetable Origin, p.384) state that it is 'chiefly as a sialogogue for the relief of toothache, occasionally in the form of tincture as a stimulant and rubefacient'.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051321
modified: 1994-03-17 00:00:00
country: Japan
countryCode: JP
locality: Japan, Eastern Asia, Asia Temperate
ScientificName: Arctium majus
scientificNameAuthorship: Bernh.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Arctium
specificEpithet: majus
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Gobo See (25) - Arctium lappa L. Syn Lappa major, Gaertn. Fr. et SAv. Vol ... (missing) p.262 ; Gobo, Umma Busuki ; Koempf. Amoen p.828 ; Thunb. Fl. Jap. p.304 ; Kouma Tor... Bokoudsi, Phonzou Zoufou, vol XV. fol 23 ; Gobo, So mokou Zoussetz, vol. XV. fig.33. The small fruits of this plant are about a quarter of an inch long, linear, somewhat flattened, about one line wide at the apex, and tapering thence to the base. The taste is bitter and slightly pungent. They are of a greyish brown colour, speckled with minute black dots. In Japan the burdock is cultivated as a vegetable under the name of gobo, and the root is used to put in soups. For this purpose it is taken up before the flowering stem appear (Koempfer).It is probably identical with the Arctium edule od Siebold. I have no information concerning the uses of this seed in Japan. Rather more than one hundred years ago they were used in this country in doses of one drachm as a diuretic and aperient, and the root is still used by herbalists in this country as an alterative in skin diseases and syphilis. The Japanese character for 'see'  is exactly the same as the Chinese for 'tsz' and stands for 'seed' in both cases.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051326
modified: 1994-03-17 00:00:00
locality: Central Europe, Europe
ScientificName: Arnica montana
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Arnica
specificEpithet: montana
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  They possess powerfully acrid properties, and a tincture made from them is much used for outward application to bruises etc.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051332
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: India, Kashmir
ScientificName: Artemisia brevifolia
scientificNameAuthorship: Wall. ex DC.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Artemisia
specificEpithet: brevifolia
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Used in the manufacture of Santonin in Kashmir. Sent by the Divisional Forest Officer, Utilization Division, Baramalla, Kashmir. Rc'd 14/11/33. M52/1933 22.xi.33.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051335
modified: 2005-08-02 15:44:58.983000
country: Japan
countryCode: JP
locality: Hiogo
ScientificName: Artemisia capillaris
scientificNameAuthorship: Thunb.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Artemisia
specificEpithet: capillaris
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  162 of list.? In T'ying (31) A. capillaris Thunb. Syn: Intsjin; Fki Iamogi and Kawara Iamogi; Kaempf. Amoen., p. 897; Iamma Intsjin; Thunb. Fl. Jap., p. 309; Kawara Yomogi, So mokou Zouss. vol. xvi.fig.27; Phonzou Zoufou, vol.xiv.fol.2. This consists of the flower heads, and bears some resemblance to Levant santonica, than which the flower heads are smaller. The paleae are oval, obtuse and membranous, about six in number, and closely imbricated. The scales separate more readily than in santonica, and are mixed with the flower heads, as well as portions of the capillary leaflets. The taste is slightly pungent and aromatic but not bitter. The plant flowers in August, and is not an inland, but a littoral species.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051336
modified: 2010-03-01 13:36:57.120000
country: Kenya
countryCode: KE
locality: Kenya, Tropical East Africa, South Kavirondo
ScientificName: Artemisia afra
scientificNameAuthorship: Jacq.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Artemisia
specificEpithet: afra
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Recd. from Miss Napier. Coryndon Memorial Museum, Nairobi, Kenya Colony. Collected in S. Kaverundo? July 1934. Remainer of consignment sent by Mr Sampson to Imp. Inst.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051337
modified: 2005-08-02 16:25:05.133000
ScientificName: Artemisia brevifolia
scientificNameAuthorship: Wall. ex DC.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Artemisia
specificEpithet: brevifolia
occurrenceRemarks:
Opuscular source:  Letter from Research Laboratories of the Pharmaceutical Society of GB, 17 Bloomsbury Square London W.C.1 April 25. 1922. My Dear Holmes, I enclose a sample of A. brevifolia Wall. which contains Santonin. This is the second specimen. Ithas been examined in India but I have not yet assayed it. It was sent direct from the Indian Forest Research Dept. We could not find any flowers on it. I have two others to examine said to contain Santonin and Miss Pearson who is doing the work but away now, will examine all of them microscopically to see if there are any distinctive features but it will probably be some weeks before we can get at it. We should be glad to see you here when you are able to come. The Museum attendance books have all gone; the latter books are for ? was necessary on account of space. I cannot say exactly what was the last date kept. The lectures will be over about the end of June. Very glad to hear you are getting on so well, it has been a rotten time for you. Very Truely Henry Greenish.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051343
modified: 2010-02-18 17:08:33.477000
country: Egypt
countryCode: EG
locality: Egypt
ScientificName: Artemisia herba-alba
scientificNameAuthorship: Asso
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Artemisia
specificEpithet: herba-alba
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  JR Shabetai, Dept of Agric.   See Letters 434. 1934, 604.1934. Remainder to Imp Inst 5.8.1934


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051346
modified: 2007-06-20 12:47:43.210000
country: Georgia
countryCode: GE
locality: Tiflis
ScientificName: Artemisia cina
scientificNameAuthorship: O.Berg
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Artemisia
specificEpithet: cina
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  From Bot Gard, Tiflis sent to Dr H Welllcome Labs, 6 King St, Snow Hill. Letter 349.1924. xvi p37)


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051347
locality: Turkestan
ScientificName: Artemisia cina
scientificNameAuthorship: O.Berg
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Artemisia
specificEpithet: cina
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  May contain some seeds - brakish soil - unuaually aquillaceous - marshy. Letter 143, 1924, xv p 20(0)


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051350
modified: 2005-07-05 16:54:19.403000
country: Iran
countryCode: IR
locality: NE Persia
identifiedBy: Hutchinson
ScientificName: Artemisia cina
scientificNameAuthorship: O.Berg
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Artemisia
specificEpithet: cina
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  N East frontier,  Prince Taimur Mirzu Isfahm would also give Kew any info if desired.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051352
modified: 2005-07-05 16:55:34.447000
ScientificName: Artemisia vulgaris
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Artemisia
specificEpithet: vulgaris
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Suggested for paper making; two ounces wild marjoram, sweet dried and lightly rolled in the palms of the hands to show its peculiarly tough and wooly nature. Signed Richard Waite, Duffield, Derby, June 25,1918. Board of Agric I 3623/1918 letter 277 xii p 118.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051366
modified: 2007-02-20 12:25:24.343000
ScientificName: Artemisia
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Artemisia
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  A mixture left at museum for determination.  Letter 160. 1924, xvi, p 2) In reply unable to state where the species submitted were actually grown or whether or not they were cultivated or wild.  The only definite info we have is that the goods were shipped from an Egyptian port but don't know if in fact Egyptian grown.  Genuine wormseed is solely grown in Turkestan (1924) Letter from Kew to Lyons; (30.5.1924)   No. 5344 - It is impossible to say to what sp of Artemisia  this belongs.  It consists  of fragments of inflorescence ie broken flowers and flower buds.  Semen contra 6120 - This is a mixture largely of fragments of conifer, probably a member of Cupressoideae but I regret I am unable to give further info as to it.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051367
modified: 2010-01-19 10:59:39.517000
country: China
countryCode: CN
locality: Pakhoi
ScientificName: Artemisia vulgaris
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Artemisia
specificEpithet: vulgaris
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Used for cauterising amd mixing with vermilion, castor oil, etc for making red paste for official stamps.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051368
modified: 2006-02-13 14:33:30.917000
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: India
ScientificName: Artemisia
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Artemisia
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Received from D of A Ceylon, letter of 13/11/34 said to be a sample of what is in the factory at Barramulla in Kashmir for the manufacture of Santonin and received from Mr Kailash Nuth Kaul nephew of the owner of the factory : said by Mr Kaul to be A.maritima from Yurez (?) Valley


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051371
modified: 2005-07-27 10:34:15.857000
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: Kashmir
ScientificName: Artemisia brevifolia
scientificNameAuthorship: Wall. ex DC.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Artemisia
specificEpithet: brevifolia
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  From PH Kohli, F.R. Utilization Baramala Kashmir Rec'd Feb 15th 1934. See letter prepared of Museum for Director to send with small packet of such to Cyprus, Uganda, Nyasaland Protectorate, Kenya, Tanganyika.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051374
modified: 2005-04-12 14:38:22
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: North Kashmir
ScientificName: Artemisia maritima
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Artemisia
specificEpithet: maritima
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  The most abundant plant on the hill-sides about Gilgit. Eaten greedily by ponies and donkeys. Information required as to its nutritive properties as shown by chemical analyses Collected near Aster (?) N.Kashmir Aug 92


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051376
country: Tanzania
countryCode: TZ
locality: Tanganyika
identifiedBy: Hutchinson J
ScientificName: Artemisia afra
scientificNameAuthorship: Jacq.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Artemisia
specificEpithet: afra
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  See Swynnertons spec No 1822 Artemisia afra 'Wilde Abs' a tall shrub at about 5000 ft Rhodesia : the Dutch Settlers use it medicinally


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051377
modified: 2006-07-27 15:36:13.427000
ScientificName: Artemisia absinthium
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Artemisia
specificEpithet: absinthium
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  It is bitter and aromatic and is used in medicine. In Wales it is frequently used in place of hops for flavouring beer. The plant grows on waste places or near ruins.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051381
modified: 2014-01-08 14:47:39.343000
country: Japan
countryCode: JP
locality: Japan
ScientificName: Atractylis ovata
scientificNameAuthorship: Thunb.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Atractylis
specificEpithet: ovata
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  A.ovata Thunb. Fl. Jap p 306 Syn Biyaku Jutsu, So mokou Zoussetz, vol XV fig 49 ; Biakou Sitsou, Phonzou Zoufou, vol IV p 25, 26; Ikera, Fr.et Sav., vol.i. p 256. The root of Biak-yitz occurs in pale brown knotty pieces, irregular in shapeand slightly bent or twisted, about 1 inch long and 1/2 an inch in diameter. Internally it is whitish and speckled with yellowish brown dots, which under a lens are seen to contain an oily and resinous matter, which in another species (A.lancea Thb.) according to Hanbury (Science Paper 255) is not removed by water, alcohol or ether. According to a writer in New Remedies Jan 1877 and quoted in the Pharm Journ Vol 7 (3) p 675 the Biaku juszu is much used as well as the root of Sad juzuor So jutsu (a.lancea)as an anti febrile in Japan. In China it is used as a tonic, stimulant, diaphoretic and diuretic. The Japanese name signifies, biak, white, yitz or jutsu, atractylis, and is possibly given in allusion to the pale under surface of the leaves, since the flowers are red. The plant appears to have somewhat the habit of the Serratula tinctoria of this country. It grows in damp places by waysides and flowers in October. The root is the part used in medicine. The drug mentioned under Atraclodes alba, in Dr Porter Smith's Chinese Materia Medica has the same written character for which Peh-shuh (White Shuh) is given the equivalent sound. His specimens of the root are evidently those of a nearly allied but different species, being almost globular, and of a more fragrant and slightly different odour. Several species of these genus appear to be used in China under the name of Shuh.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051383
modified: 2006-02-14 16:43:41.513000
country: China
countryCode: CN
locality: Ningpo
ScientificName: Atractylis ovata
scientificNameAuthorship: Thunb.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Atractylis
specificEpithet: ovata
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Originally identified as Aristolochia recurvilabra Hance. Note - Dr Howes 'We have recently had occasion to rename this museum sample labelled A.recurvilabra Hance, and find that its structure agrees with that of Atractylis. In particular it agrees very well with a museum sample labelled A.ovata. CR Metcalfe 14.7.51.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051386
country: South Africa
countryCode: ZA
locality: South Africa
ScientificName: Plantae
kingdom: Plantae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Cape of Good Hope When rubbed it yields an agreeable scent. DL Parent, Herbalist Cape Town


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051389
modified: 2019-01-25 12:04:23.497000
country: Colombia
countryCode: CO
locality: Colombia
ScientificName: Baccharis microphylla
scientificNameAuthorship: Kunth
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Baccharis
specificEpithet: microphylla
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  B.microphylla H.B.K. = Dawe 107 H Spooner The Imperial Institute South Ken The natives of the Paramos (Colombia) make an infusion or tea from the leaves which they employ as a tonic (Extract from letter MT Dawe (at Sierra Leone) to Director, letter dated Oct 16th 1922. See letter 578, 1922 : XV p.15 The preliminary examination of the plant made here (Wellcome Research Lab) does not indicate that it contains any substance showing marked physiological activity (Extract from letter Mr TA Henry to Director dated 13th Nov 1922) New determination (2019): B.tricuneata Pers.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051392
modified: 2005-07-05 16:08:25.490000
country: South Africa
countryCode: ZA
locality: South Africa
ScientificName: Berkheya carlinoides
scientificNameAuthorship: Willd.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Berkheya
specificEpithet: carlinoides
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  The colonial name of Graveel-wortel, given to this plant fully implies the nature of its effects. It is a native of the district of Swellendam, where it grows on hills and uncultivated fields. A tincture prepared from the bruised roots is diuretic, and of great service in gravel.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051400
modified: 2003-11-14 14:26:05.630000
country: United States
countryCode: US
locality: North America
ScientificName: Bigelowia arborescens
scientificNameAuthorship: (A.Gray) A.Gray
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Bigelowia
specificEpithet: arborescens
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Second label ...is guaco ? Used for ....ites feverish & choleraic disorders San Salvador, Foreign Office 17.1884


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051407
country: China
countryCode: CN
locality: China, Pakhoi
ScientificName: Blumea balsamifera
scientificNameAuthorship: (L.) DC.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Blumea
specificEpithet: balsamifera
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Chinese writing. Ai-plant powder. (Price say 6 pence per ounce) Camphor from Ai plant.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051425
country: China
countryCode: CN
locality: China, Pakhoi
ScientificName: Compositae
scientificNameAuthorship: Giseke
kingdom: Plantae
family: Compositae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Chinese writing. Chinese official envelpoe of despatch from Prefect to H.M.'s Consul Pakhoi. To show Chinese seals impressed on paper.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051439
modified: 2006-05-09 17:15:37.533000
country: China
countryCode: CN
locality: China, Pakhoi
ScientificName: Compositae
scientificNameAuthorship: Giseke
kingdom: Plantae
family: Compositae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Specimen of a Chinese seal and of the impression made by the same on Chinese paper (not with this specimen ?) the characters are Happiness and Fulfilled wishes this is a favourite phrase but not generally found on seals - the characters are only cut as a specimen of seal cuttting,


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051441
modified: 2006-05-22 15:57:41.903000
ScientificName: Centaurea phyllocephala
scientificNameAuthorship: Boiss.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Centaurea
specificEpithet: phyllocephala
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Originally thought to be Fagonia cretica. Upon comparison with Herbarium specimens the Fagonia cretica proves to be incorrectly applied to this sample. It agrees very nearly with C. phyllocephala. Boiss.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051442
modified: 2006-05-22 16:04:36.953000
country: United Kingdom
countryCode: GB
locality: Great Britain, Great Harpenden
ScientificName: Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium
scientificNameAuthorship: (Trevis.) Vis.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Chrysanthemum
specificEpithet: cinerariifolium
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Grown at Great Harpenden 1928 Letter M.106/1930 Mr Sandwith's report H.214-30 Mus 1116-30 - Report on sample of so called Pyrethrum from Chili - sent by Mr FC Fryer Min of Agric. Ratt (?) Lab Harpenden with sample of true C.cinerariaefolium grown at Harpenden for comparison : 'Without further material I should say both sets of heads belong to C.cinerariaefolium. This is presumably cultivated in Chili, though it is not mentioned by Reiche Fl.Chili sd. N.Y.S. (3.ii.30) JHH. Test tube of 'Pyrethrum' from Shell Msc  Letter M106.1930 and 114.1930


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051444
modified: 2007-01-24 14:08:20.457000
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: India
ScientificName: Centaurea behen
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Centaurea
specificEpithet: behen
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  The dry root is of a whitish brown colour, much shrivelled and twisted; near the crown it is marked by numerous circular lines. It may be either a simple tapering root or more or less branched; sometimes a portion of purplish stem remains attached; the average length is about 2 1/2 inches, diameter 3/4 of an inch; the interior is white and spongy; when soaked in water it swells and becomes mucilaginous. The taste is mucilaginous and slightly bitter. Microscopic examination shows that Behencontains no starch the parenchyma appears to consist almost entirely of muscilage cells. There are numerous large bundles of spiral vessels. This drug has been confounded with Ashva-Gandha, The root of Physalis somnifera by Ainslie. It is imported into Bombay from the Persian Gulf in considerable quanities and is always to be found in the shops. The Hakeems prescribe it largely; they consider that it purifies the blood. fattens the body, and greatly increases the virile powers.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051451
modified: 2008-02-13 10:48:52.970000
country: United Kingdom
countryCode: GB
locality: Great Britain
ScientificName: Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium
scientificNameAuthorship: (Trevis.) Vis.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Chrysanthemum
specificEpithet: cinerariifolium
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Grown from Japanese seed 1930 Harpenden from consignment for transmission to Kenya Path Lab Min of Agric supplied by Mr Fryer


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051460
modified: 2006-07-24 16:23:06.953000
ScientificName: Cichorium intybus
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Cichorium
specificEpithet: intybus
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  The chicory and the endive (C.endivia) have been cultivated for over 1000 years but are still little different from their wild ancestor. The blanched leaves of both species are eaten as salads; those of the latter are also cooked. The roots of certain varieties of chicory are ground, to be blanched as a flavouring or adulterant of coffee.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051463
modified: 2006-07-24 15:56:20.337000
recordedBy: Headley DE
country: Guyana
countryCode: GY
locality: British Guiana
ScientificName: Clibadium surinamense
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Clibadium
specificEpithet: surinamense
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  The leaves, stems and seeds are pounded together and then taken to a small stream or lock and washed out in the water the result of which is to cause all the fish a couple of hundred feet down the stream to come to the surface belly upwards. The Indians say that the fish get drunk from the effects of the juice contained in the plant, fish taken are quite wholesome for food.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051465
modified: 2006-07-24 16:14:20.567000
ScientificName: Cichorium intybus
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Cichorium
specificEpithet: intybus
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Entered for importation into this country as 'Colombo Root' Jateorhiza columba Miers. Letter 213.1911, p.141 book vi The root sent for determination has the same type and structure as that of Chicory and there is little doubt that it belongs either to this or to some closely allied plant. Aws for Mr Cheater's letter 26.4.11.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051471
modified: 2006-05-19 12:29:46.287000
country: Guyana
countryCode: GY
locality: British Guiana
ScientificName: Clibadium surinamense
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Clibadium
specificEpithet: surinamense
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  A species of grasshopper filled with Conami resin obtained from C. surinamense L. (C. asperum DC.) used by the Indians of British Guiana for capturing or poisoning  fish.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051483
modified: 2006-06-09 12:01:45.467000
country: China
countryCode: CN
locality: China
identifiedBy: Xiao Peigen Prof
ScientificName: Dendranthema × sinense
scientificNameAuthorship: (Sabine) Des Moul.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Dendranthema
specificEpithet: × sinense
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Purchased by Museums staff in London W1 Information on tin - By selecting special grade Chinese Chrysanthemum and employing modern scientific preparations, this article is prepared in passing through the process of concentration thereby retaining its characteristic colour, fragrance and taste. It is an aromatic, cooling beverage with the therapeutic effect of Temperantia, sedative, eyes brightener, liver-soother, anti-inflammatory and heat reliever to human health.   This article is a yellowish white crystal in the forn of grains. Put 3 to 4 spoonfuls in a cup and add cool or boiling water to it. The preparation is clean, transparent, sweet and tasty. It is a drinking stuff suitable for constant consumption in hot or cold district as well as in all seasons. Ingredient : Chrysanthemum 45%, granulated sugar 55%


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051484
modified: 2006-06-09 14:23:50.227000
locality: Somaliland
ScientificName: Dicoma somalense
scientificNameAuthorship: S.Moore
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Dicoma
specificEpithet: somalense
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Mr Hillier, Please note that 'Bastireh', one of the Somaliland plants received from the Imperial Institute a short time ago, is D.somalensis, S.Moore. A second specimen with flowers has been recd. JH 10.3.1913 Grows from sea level to 4000 feet Use vide report. From the interior of Somaliland


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051491
country: Iraq
countryCode: IQ
locality: Baghdad
ScientificName: Echinops persicus
scientificNameAuthorship: Steven ex Fisch.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Echinops
specificEpithet: persicus
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  The sugar encrusted pupa cases of the beetle Larinus nidificans, on Echinops persicus.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051493
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: Leh
ScientificName: Echinops corniger
scientificNameAuthorship: DC.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Echinops
specificEpithet: corniger
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Scrapings from the stem and portions of the leaves used as tinder at Leh. The large Echinops of the Indus Valley.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051494
country: Iran
countryCode: IR
locality: Persia, Kirrind
ScientificName: Echinops
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Echinops
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Galls - Shek Roukeh, produced by the larvae of a Rhynchophorus insect on the Tucee Plant.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051495
locality: East Indies
ScientificName: Echinops
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Echinops
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Cocoons or insect cases formed on a sp of Echinops.  They have a sweet taste.  See paper by Dr Cooke Insect determined by British Museum Authority.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051498
country: Brazil
countryCode: BR
locality: Brazil
ScientificName: Eclipta erecta
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Eclipta
specificEpithet: erecta
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Used in Brazil as a remedy for diarrhoea and to stain hair black. From Mr Francisco Portella, Campos, Rio Janeiro


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051505
modified: 2006-10-23 15:20:17.553000
country: Brazil
countryCode: BR
locality: Brazil
ScientificName: Eremanthus
scientificNameAuthorship: Less.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Eremanthus
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  See letter 16, 1920, xiiii p 113. Sample is too fragmentary to determine the sp with certainty, but it evidently belongs to the family Compositae and may possibly be a sp of Eremanthus.  According to Glasziou the vernacular name is appliedto E. sphaerocephalus, but the sample does not agree with that species.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051506
ScientificName: Elephantopus scaber
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Elephantopus
specificEpithet: scaber
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Substitute for Indian podophyllum (or adulterant) Liverpool 1/220, bag no 127 ref p232.  1 - 8oz sample


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051507
modified: 2006-10-23 15:20:32.650000
country: South Africa
countryCode: ZA
locality: Cape of Good Hope
ScientificName: Elytropappus rhinocerotis
scientificNameAuthorship: (L.f.) Less.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Elytropappus
specificEpithet: rhinocerotis
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  The tops of branches infused in wine or brandy furnish a superior kind of stomachic bitters.  The powdered tops are given to children affected with diarrhoea. Bush covers immense tracts of waste land in the western districts.  Whole of shrub is bitter and resinous.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051512
modified: 2019-01-28 12:51:12.513000
country: Colombia
countryCode: CO
locality: Colombia
ScientificName: Espeletia
scientificNameAuthorship: Bonpl.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Espeletia
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  See Account of Journey 1916 down the River Magdalena by Dawe (Published by the Min of Agric, Bogota, Colombia) p 26.  Pamphlet received at Museum 1919


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051521
modified: 2006-09-22 15:10:02.827000
country: Ecuador
countryCode: EC
locality: Andes of Quita
ScientificName: Eupatorium glutinosum
scientificNameAuthorship: Lam.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Eupatorium
specificEpithet: glutinosum
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  The powdered leaves are an excellent vulnerary, as they stop the bleeding immediately without causing any inflammation.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051524
modified: 2006-09-22 11:48:23.147000
country: Ecuador
countryCode: EC
locality: Ecuador
ScientificName: Eupatorium glutinosum
scientificNameAuthorship: Lam.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Eupatorium
specificEpithet: glutinosum
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Letter 269. 1917. xi p173.  From Rosing Bros, 10, Basinghall St to J Masters Hillier, Keeper, Kew.  14.7.1917.  Dear Sir Referring to our recent corresp. regarding Piper augustifolium we now have the pleasure to send you some leaves with fruit and flowers received from Azogues (Ecuador) which our friend states is Eupatorium glutinosium.  We shall be very much obliged to you if you will please examine same and report on the plant and its medicinal and commercial value, if any.  Thanking youin anticipation, and apologising for again troubling you in this matter.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051531
modified: 2006-08-24 09:55:18.423000
country: Mexico
countryCode: MX
locality: Mexico
ScientificName: Eupatorium
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Eupatorium
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  I cannot suggest anything better than Eupatorium, but I can find nothing to fix it.  17.07.07


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051535
modified: 2007-04-12 15:34:24.847000
country: South Africa
countryCode: ZA
locality: Cape of Good Hope
ScientificName: Garuleum bipinnatum
scientificNameAuthorship: Less.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Garuleum
specificEpithet: bipinnatum
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Bitter and acid, contains a resinous substance with properties similar to those of Senega - root.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051542
locality: Himalaya
ScientificName: Gerbera lanuginosa
scientificNameAuthorship: (DC.) Sch.Bip.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Gerbera
specificEpithet: lanuginosa
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Prepared from the underside of the leaves.  Used by the Japanese or Carriers for holding meal for making bread.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051543
country: Tunisia
countryCode: TN
locality: Tunis
ScientificName: Dontospermum pygmaeum
scientificNameAuthorship: (DC.) O.Hoffm.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Dontospermum
specificEpithet: pygmaeum
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Said to be the true 'Rose of Jericho' of the Middle Ages See Boissier 'Flora Orientalis'


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051548
ScientificName: Gnaphalium luteoalbum
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Gnaphalium
specificEpithet: luteoalbum
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Letter 41,1926 : XVI p.175 SEnt as Cotton seed or cudweed 29th Jan 1926 G.uliginosum : but found to be G.luteo-album Diotis cardidiesion (?) Desf. Please return to Museum JMst 3.2.26


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051549
recordedBy: Lewkowitsch Dr
ScientificName: Gochnatia hypoleuca
scientificNameAuthorship: (DC.) A.Gray
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Gochnatia
specificEpithet: hypoleuca
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Plant said to be a source of Ocotilla wax Comm J Lewkowitsch, PhD, M.A., F.L.C., 71 Priory Road NW.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051552
recordNumber: 21122
modified: 2011-02-14 12:54:18.873000
recordedBy: Dr E Palmer, National Museum USA
country: United States
countryCode: US
locality: South California
ScientificName: Grindelia camporum
scientificNameAuthorship: Greene
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Grindelia
specificEpithet: camporum
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Digenes, South California. Mr Hillier, I think that is all right 20.1.09 Otto Stapf Dr Stapf, I think this is G.camporum Greene. It has the 'obscurely triquetions' achenes of that species as figured at Plate 1 fig 2A of the accompanying paper (??) JH 20.1.09


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051556
modified: 2007-05-22 11:28:54.427000
ScientificName: Guizotia abyssinica
scientificNameAuthorship: (L.f.) Cass.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Guizotia
specificEpithet: abyssinica
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Letter 1910, p.230/ 4.X.33 John MacQueen (Glasgow) Ltd. 39, Brown Street Glasgow C.2 From the Custom & Excise Oct 5th 1933 Museum 910 (XX p.270) 4.X.33


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051557
modified: 2006-08-18 16:16:58.383000
ScientificName: Guizotia abyssinica
scientificNameAuthorship: (L.f.) Cass.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Guizotia
specificEpithet: abyssinica
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  A new bird food said to be one of the best to pick up an ailing bird or to keep them healthy. Lampsana communis


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051558
modified: 2007-05-22 11:29:08.697000
ScientificName: Guizotia abyssinica
scientificNameAuthorship: (L.f.) Cass.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Guizotia
specificEpithet: abyssinica
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Sample of Niger seed as exported John MacQueen (Glasgow) ltd, 39 Brown Street Glasgow C.2. From The Customs & Excise Oct 5th 1933 Museum letter 910 (XXp.270) 4.X.33


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051560
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: Bombay
ScientificName: Gundelia tournefortii
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Gundelia
specificEpithet: tournefortii
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  From Asia Minor Received June 1890 Materia Medica, not in Pharmacopoeia of India, Prov No 563


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051561
modified: 2006-09-18 15:45:01.223000
country: Sri Lanka
countryCode: LK
locality: Ceylon
ScientificName: Gynura pseudochina
scientificNameAuthorship: (L.) DC.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Gynura
specificEpithet: pseudochina
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  14.1928 Herb (Alston) - With reference to your letter of 27th October for which I thank you I certainly agree with Mr Fischer that Gynura lycopersicifolia requires splitting up.  I have now found out much more about No 3. It is cultivated for the tubers which are used in native medicine and called China-mul; (Chinese root) or Ala-bet (Medicinal Yam) by the Sinhalese and Paranki-paddai (Dutch-bark) by the Jaffna Tamils.  I am sending some of the tubers from a native drug-shop also a scrap of fresh root of which I will send more later The Sinhalese think it comes from China. My No 600 was no doubt an escape. Trimen considered this to be G.pseudo-china DC. (not of the Fl. Brit.Ind.) March 1928 (sd.) AWG Alston, Ceylon Dept Agric.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051562
modified: 2006-09-18 15:43:26.457000
locality: North Formosa
ScientificName: Gynura bicolor
scientificNameAuthorship: (Roxb. ex Willd.) DC.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Gynura
specificEpithet: bicolor
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Sent to A Henry by Mr Morse from Tamsui - Letter dated 21 June 1894 - My Dear Henry I send you herewith a sample of the fibre of which the Mountain Savages make cloth, and I am promised that I shall have the flower. I am not sure however  of getting it, as it has to go from savage to Pryohoan, then to Chinese and then to me. I have seen much of the plant I assume to be G.bicolor with leaves green above and bright red below, used as spinach; I have seen it growing and on way to market, but I suppose it is not allowed to flower; I have seen no flowers. There is another spinach usually growing with and often marketed with this, having the same colours, but the red on both sides of stem half, and green on both sides of tip half of leaf skins (drawing to illustrate this); the leaf being broader than the other. Hot and dry just now; I suppose you are having our rain. I hope you have good news from Mrs Henry. Yours truely HB Morse


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051587
modified: 2006-10-24 14:14:57.093000
ScientificName: Helianthus tuberosus
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Helianthus
specificEpithet: tuberosus
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Native of North America. It is hardy perennial sunflower, 6 to 12 ft in height, bearing tubers which somewhat resemble potatoes.  These are cooked, pickeld or eaten raw.  Its common name is believed to be derived from the Italian word for sunflower 'girasole'


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051592
modified: 2006-08-23 17:09:18.200000
ScientificName: Cynara scolymus
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Cynara
specificEpithet: scolymus
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  The globe artichoke is a native of the Mediterranean region.  It resembles a thistle in appearance and is cultivated for the immature flower heads, including the fleshy receptacle and involucral leaves, which can be eaten either raw or cooked.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051603
country: South Africa
countryCode: ZA
locality: Cape of Good Hope
ScientificName: Helichrysum serpyllifolium
scientificNameAuthorship: Less.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Helichrysum
specificEpithet: serpyllifolium
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  This species also appears to possess demulcent and emollient properties, and to be of service in the various diseases of the chest. It goes by the name Hottentot's tea, and grows near the water courses on the Cape Mountains, has a pleasant smell and is much liked by the coloured people, who infuse it as tea. Sometimes the Helichrysum auriculatum Less., is used for the same purpose, and under similar circumstances.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051610
modified: 2010-03-02 13:11:18.380000
country: United States
countryCode: US
locality: Colorado
ScientificName: Hymenoxys
scientificNameAuthorship: Cass.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Hymenoxys
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Rubber of Picradenia floribunda utilis. One sample of raw rubber, one grey eraser (chiefly of Picradenia rubber), one red eraser (containing an admixture of Picradenia rubber) recd. 7.7.04. Presented by Mr Theodore DA Cockerell, Mr Cockerell does not require a formal acknowledgement Otto Stapf


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051616
modified: 2005-07-05 15:38:47.867000
country: Spain
countryCode: ES
locality: Spain
ScientificName: Jasonia glutinosa
scientificNameAuthorship: (L.) DC.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Jasonia
specificEpithet: glutinosa
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  As no information is available regarding the chemical composition of J.glutinosa, an opinion cannot be given as to whether the extract obtained by soaking the plant in brandy would be injurious or not. LAB 30.4.25 Letter 150, 1925 : XVI p.95 - Brandy extract from J.glutinosa (H.515.25) Specimen is J.glutinosa DC. known as Te de Aragon (Tea of Aragon) Lazaro e Ibiza in 'Comp. de la Flora Espanola' says ' Eo aromatica y se usa como tonica en infusion teiforme' C.E.H. 28.4.25


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051632
modified: 2013-04-12 14:18:21.107000
country: Peru
countryCode: PE
locality: Peru
ScientificName: Loricaria
scientificNameAuthorship: Wedd.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Loricaria
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Sphaeranthus mollis - Local name Moondi. A very common annual plant, generally about 8 inches high; stems winged; leaves thick, sessile, decurrent, obovate; bristles serrate, covered with down consisting of long white hairs; flower heads  solitary, mostly terminal, subglobular, the size of a horse bean, purplish when fresh, but loose their colour when dried; roots fibrous. The drug generally consists, of the whole plant, but the capitula are sometimes sold separately. The taste is a littlebitter; the odour of the capitula is terebinthinate. Moondia appears to be well known all over India as an alterative and purifier of the blood; the peculiar odour may be observed inthe urine and persperation of those who take it. It is con sidered to behot, and moist in the second degree. Its uses in native medicine are fully described in the 'Makhzan ul adwiya'. The flower heads ofthis plant will probably be found to yield an essential oil likely to contain its active principles.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051636
modified: 2019-02-21 10:49:47.117000
country: Colombia
countryCode: CO
locality: Colombia, Southern America, Western South America, New Granada
ScientificName: Loricaria thuyoides
scientificNameAuthorship: (Lam.) Sch.Bip.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Loricaria
specificEpithet: thuyoides
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source: Plant of Tafalla, Taffalla, Loricaria thuyoides (Lam.) sch. Bip. (L. stenophylla Wedd.) New Granada 46.1875 Sir W.T.Thiselton Dyer  Notes updated 2019


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051641
ScientificName: Matricaria chamomilla
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Matricaria
specificEpithet: chamomilla
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  A common plant in fields and on waste ground. Used as a substitute for the true Chamomile.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051644
country: South Africa
countryCode: ZA
locality: Cape of Good Hope
ScientificName: Matricaria glabrata
scientificNameAuthorship: Poir.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Matricaria
specificEpithet: glabrata
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:   The Wild Chamomile, which in the months of November & December so plentifully covers the Cape downs, is one of those plants, which deserve the peculiar attention of our apothecaries. It is a true Matricaria, and in many respects not only equals, but even surpasses the European species. Large sums of money are yearly expended in importing this useful and popular drug, while we can gather a plant of the same order, the same genus, and the same properties at our doors. In the more remote parts of the country, where dispensaries are not so abundantly found as in the vicinity of our metropolis, the farmers and the coloured people employ the wild chamomile as often, and with the same good effect, as we do the Matricaria chamomilla, or theAnthemis nobilis.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051648
country: Venezuela
countryCode: VE
locality: Venezuela
ScientificName: Mikania
scientificNameAuthorship: Willd.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Mikania
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  The sample contains portions of three diff plants.  These appear to be 2 sps of Mikania and one of Aristolochia See letter book 1920, letter 96 p124


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051664
country: South Africa
countryCode: ZA
locality: Cape of Good Hope
ScientificName: Osmitopsis asteriscoides
scientificNameAuthorship: Cass.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Osmitopsis
specificEpithet: asteriscoides
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Antispasmodic, tonic and resolvent; employed in cough, hoarseness, and in diseases of the chest generally.  It contains a volatile oil resembling that of cajeput.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051667
modified: 2008-02-05 14:27:43.980000
country: South Africa
countryCode: ZA
locality: South Africa
ScientificName: Othonna arborescens
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Othonna
specificEpithet: arborescens
occurrenceRemarks:
Opuscular source:  Dated 29.9.1921 Forwarding 2 S African plants Nu-nu and Geur.  A sample of resin also sent as material deposited by the Nu nu plant along its roots in the sand.  Both plants are stated to be used for medicinal purposes, the nu nu resin for wounds, and the Geur for fever and inflammation. Label source:  See letter book No 422 (29.9.21 ) P 159.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051692
modified: 2010-04-19 13:10:50.597000
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: East Indies/Kashmir/Scinde Bazaars
ScientificName: Plantae
kingdom: Plantae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Three donors ? East Indies, Sir JD Hooker Kashmir, East India Company Schinde Bazaars, NA Dalzell, Esq 50, ooplate, Kurt. Costus Label source:  The credit of first suggesting the source of this drug is due to Guibourt; his conjectures were afterwards confirmed by Falconer who when on a visit to Kashmir discovered that an Anaplotaxis growing there produced the commercial costus. The plant itself had been previously described by Jacquemont in 1831; Falconer's description may be found in theTransactions of the Linnean Society, 1845, Vol XIX p23. There is also a full account of the drug and plant, with woodcuts, in Guibourt's History of Drugs Vol 3, p.32 et seq. Large quantities of Ooplate are imported into Bombay from Kashmir by way of Amritsar. It is extensively used as a perfume, and to protect clothes from moths; also as an aphrodisiac and vermifuge. It occurs in crooked twisted pieces about 3 inches long and from 1/2 to 1 1/2 inches in diameter, almost always split. The central portion isgenerally absent and appears to have been removed by decay before the root was collected. Externally it is brown and marked by longitudinal ridges, internally dirty white and resinous; taste bitter odour something like orris root. A microscopic examination shows that the root consists of two parts, viz : a thick cortical layer of close texture, prevaded by a few laticiferous vessels, and an inner radiating portion, the parenchyma of  which is not so dense. This portion is also provided with laticiferous ducts, and a very abundant scalariform vascular system which appears loaded with resinous matter. No trace of starch is to be seen, nor does the iodine test idicate its presence. The central portion of the root is absent as already noticed. Dymock PharmSoc.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051698
modified: 2005-07-08 14:53:57.493000
ScientificName: Plantae
kingdom: Plantae
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Ait.; Fl.Br.Ind. iii.376; Schl; Ph.Ind.ii.296. This soft, fragrant, whitish root comes from plants grown as a Crown monopoly in Kashmir, and is exported to Persia, India and China. This ancient drug was formerly called Arabian Costus, as it was carried to Turkey and Europe by Arabs. It is greatly valued as a medicine throughout the East as far as China, and being costly is often adulterated. The root occurs in cylindrical pieces about 2.5 cm or more in diam., light coloured, with an agreeable odour and a bitter and biting aftertaste. It contains inulin but no starch. A second sample of Khost (Kust) from Hamadan has a smaller root, spirally twisted and lighter in colour. Various chemical principles have been separated from the root, some ofwhich account for thw violet -like odour; Costu-lactone isomeric with alantolactone costus acid, dehydrocostus lactone and costol. Costus root is prescribed externally and internally for various complaints, and is taken locally to ward off the effects ofsnake and animal bites.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051699
country: SU
countryCode: SU
locality: Russia
ScientificName: Scorzonera tau-saghyz
scientificNameAuthorship: Lipsch. & G.G.Bosse
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Scorzonera
specificEpithet: tau-saghyz
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  See letter M.779-32 and other papers in Compositae. Recd. 27.ix.32. Rubbers Growers Assn?


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051709
modified: 2006-06-12 16:26:37.140000
country: Türkiye
countryCode: TR
locality: Asia Minor
ScientificName: Silybum marianum
scientificNameAuthorship: (L.) Gaertn.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Silybum
specificEpithet: marianum
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Kenguel seed, called also Dine-Kikeni. The plant grows in all parts of Asia Minor and the seed is roasted and used as coffee. The Turks say it has besides a medicinal value.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051719
modified: 2006-11-09 15:19:26.153000
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: Sikkim and Kashmir
ScientificName: Saussurea gossipiphora
scientificNameAuthorship: D.Don
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Saussurea
specificEpithet: gossipiphora
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  4 specimens 1, 2 & 3 from Sikkim, 16,000 ft from Hooker 4 from Haramouk, Kashmir, 14,000 t, Dr Aitchison A C Neve, esq. Medical Missionary, Trinaggur.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051723
modified: 2010-04-19 12:49:57.380000
country: Paraguay
countryCode: PY
locality: Paraguay
ScientificName: Stevia rebaudiana
scientificNameAuthorship: Hemsl.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Stevia
specificEpithet: rebaudiana
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Letter 164, 1919. xiii, Rev W Wilks MA, Sec, Royal Hort Soc to Director.  There seem to be 2 forms, a slender purplish form, and a stouter green one.  There seems no difference in the flowers. Comm Wilks, from F Oliver. Opuscular source:  From Asuncion, Dec. 6th, 1919 from Oliver to Sperling, Your letter of 10.10 only reached me today.   I will try to get you some seed of the caa ehe, but I fear that it may be difficult to do so.  I took some pains before the war to obtain large samples and info regarding this plant on behalf of a firm in Stratford on Avon (F Kendall & son Ltd).  I sent out an expedition and obtained a hundredweight or so of dried plants with which there were some seed.  If Messrs Kendall tried to grow it, which is probable, and have been successful, they may be able to give you some seed.  I suggest this as the speediest way of obtaining seed, if poss.  At the time I speak of I sent some live plants, brought back by my expedition to the Bot Gard. here, but do not at  present know how they have fared, because the Director of that institution is a German, a Professor of Botany.  I will make enquiry.  This is one of the many of the Stevia family, and the only one that has the remarkable sweet property.  This property is saidto be due to the presence of the same substance as accounts for the sweetness of licorice, but it is present in a far more concentrated form.  I enclose a few leaves which I have had by me for the last 5 years.  The man I sent out on behalf of Messrs Kendall reported that the plant grows along the base of the Amambay Range of hills and probably both N & S of the River Apa.  It appears to be very sensitive to cold and does not occur S of the tropical part of the country.  It grows singly or in groups of 2, 3 or 4 plants together among a long grass called ypagare.  It has often been said to grow in a great profusion in those regions, but this is not the case.  It is found in a rich black sandy soil and never more than 100 yards from running water or swamp.(Signed Oliver)  Letter 2 sent March, 8, 1919.  I received a fortnight ago your letter of Jan 9, but send you a small quantity of the seed of the caa ehe which has just reached me.  There seems to be different in separating it from the plant without listing it or destroying it, so I send it as it came to me. I understand that attempts made to cult it here have been disappointing and am afraid that the tropical character of the plant will render its cultivation at home doubtful.  I am sending a sample to the Bot Gard at Cairo, where I have from time to time send the seeds of other plants indigenous to Paraguay.  It will be interesting to see if they can make anything of it.  Signed - Oliver.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051724
modified: 2006-12-01 15:56:22.593000
country: South Africa
countryCode: ZA
locality: South Africa, Cape Town
ScientificName: Tanacetum multiflorum
scientificNameAuthorship: Thunb.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Tanacetum
specificEpithet: multiflorum
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  This species, like all other plants of the same genus, contains a great deal of resin, and a specific, ethereal oil, of a very strong and peculiar odour.  It has a bitter aromatic, acrid taste, and is used as a tonic, antispasmodic, and anthelmintic, in flatulency, gout, amenorrhoea, and dropsy, but particularly for expelling lumbrici and other intestinal worms.  It is administered in the form of powder, or infusion which latter promotes perspiration and acts as a mild diuretic.  Applied as a fomentation, it is resolvent and anodyne, and is used also for making injections.  This plant, called worm kruid, grows very abundantly in sandy soils close to the sea


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051727
modified: 2006-12-01 15:15:51.960000
country: United Kingdom
countryCode: GB
locality: Great Britain, Surrey, Kew Gardens
ScientificName: Stevia rebaudiana
scientificNameAuthorship: Hemsl.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Stevia
specificEpithet: rebaudiana
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Paraguay. Specimen from pots growing in No. 12 Economic House Dec. 20 1932. Cuttings struck and potted on 3 plants in one pot (48) 5 inch, 4 plants in one pot (48) 5 inch. about 2 feet high turned round stakes prehaps 8-10 ft if straightened out. ??? JHH.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051728
modified: 2006-12-05 15:43:25.660000
country: Paraguay
countryCode: PY
locality: Paraguay
ScientificName: Stevia rebaudiana
scientificNameAuthorship: Hemsl.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Stevia
specificEpithet: rebaudiana
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Herb Hort. Bot. Reg. Kew. Hook Ic. Pl. t. 2816. ? Mr Hillier, Have you any specimens of the sugar plant of Paraguay Eupatorium rebaudiana Bertoni ? If not I will send one. W.B.H. See Kew Bull 1901 173. Yes! specimen referred to in Bulletin article, from ? Consul Gosling rather fragmentary though I think we might have another specimen. J.H.H.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051729
modified: 2010-04-19 13:13:33.443000
country: Paraguay
countryCode: PY
locality: Paraguay
ScientificName: Stevia rebaudiana
scientificNameAuthorship: Hemsl.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Stevia
specificEpithet: rebaudiana
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Sir Daniel Morris. 'In reply to your letter of Sept. 3 I have pleasure in sending some few scraps of specimens that I have been able to obtain of the so called sugar plant of Paraguay. The name sugar plant was adopted as a free translation of the native name Azuca-caa but it was clearly understood that the sweetness was not due to the presence of a large amount of either cane or grape sugar' (Extr. Sir D Morris to Director Kew, Barbados Oct. 4 1905) J.H.H. 15 Jan 1907. Eupatorium rebaudianum from HSM Consul at Ascunera Paraguay to Sir D Morris Barbados. See Kew Bulletin 1901. p.173.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051734
modified: 2006-11-29 11:12:03.857000
ScientificName: Taraxacum
scientificNameAuthorship: F.H.Wigg.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Taraxacum
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Sample of dandelion roots 'A'. Dr Melville considers this specimen arrived about 1942-3 from Stafford Allen as 'Indian Dandelion Root'. He does not remember whether it was named or even known to the Taraxacum. Unless any other evidence arrives it had better go back to the museum as unknown - Compositae. F N H 30.11.51.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051739
modified: 2005-07-04 14:44:46.857000
ScientificName: Thelesperma gracile
scientificNameAuthorship: (Torr.) A.Gray
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Thelesperma
specificEpithet: gracile
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Arizona tea, Bidens sp. Imported into London Feb. 1895. Said to give a strong coloured infusion with the odour of tea but a disagreeable taste. Label source:  A portion of this sample was forwarded to G. Browne Goode Esq., Smithsonian Institute, Washington asking for information 7.2.95 & who states in a letter to Director dated Washington 14.3.95 'that the specimen belongs to the genus Thelesperma, rather than to Bidens and that it is in all probability T. gracile. I regret that we are unable to supply you with any information as to its use '.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051740
modified: 2006-07-24 17:30:41.613000
country: Canada
countryCode: CA
locality: British Columbia, Victoria
ScientificName: Tragopogon porrifolius
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Tragopogon
specificEpithet: porrifolius
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  1829 Hollywood Crescent, Victoria, June 25/1924 to Director.  I beg to enclose herewith some seeds of Asclepidus incarnata as per your request. (This may be all sample consists of.)


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051742
country: United Kingdom
countryCode: GB
locality: Great Britain, Kew Gardens
ScientificName: Taraxacum kok-saghyz
scientificNameAuthorship: Rodin
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Taraxacum
specificEpithet: kok-saghyz
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  C  = Kok saghyz 30 min 134 degrees C.  B = Kok saghyz 30 mins 134 degrees C.  A  =  Smoked sheets.  30 mins 134 degrees C. 13.10.1943


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051743
country: United Kingdom
countryCode: GB
locality: Great Britain, Kew Gardens
ScientificName: Taraxacum kok-saghyz
scientificNameAuthorship: Rodin
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Taraxacum
specificEpithet: kok-saghyz
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  A = Pulverised Kok saghyz root. B = Crude Kok saghyz rubber (Prepared with caustic soda) C = Crude Kok saghyz rubber (Prepared by fermentation)


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051759
modified: 2006-11-13 16:37:57.303000
country: United States
countryCode: US
locality: US America, Philadelphia
ScientificName: Xanthium spinosum
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Xanthium
specificEpithet: spinosum
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Vacant lots betwixt Broad Stret and the Schuylkill Philadelphia  Nov 17th, 1846, naturalized in very great abundance.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051768
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: India
ScientificName: Xanthium strumarium
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Xanthium
specificEpithet: strumarium
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Found in Jute from India. Letter 123.1924 xv p 189. Opuscular source:  From Imp Instit. 3 April, 1924.  Confirming ident of Xanthium strumarium


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051781
country: China
countryCode: CN
locality: China
ScientificName: Chrysanthemum indicum
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Chrysanthemum
specificEpithet: × indicum
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Four tins of flowers, 227 Chu hua, Hokai Collection, Kan Kiuh = Kan Chu hiva, White flowered chrysanthemum. 227, Chu-hua, Hokai collection, Hang kuih, Chrysanthemum. 227, Chu-hua, Singapore collection, chrysanthemum ?? 227, Chu-hua, Hokai collection, Kuih hua C.indicum L.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051790
recordNumber: 0406
modified: 1995-03-03 00:00:00
recordedBy: Francia RS
country: Philippines
countryCode: PH
locality: Philippines, Asia-Tropical, Malesia, Laguna, NBG, Upale, Siniloan
eventDate: 1970-06-08 00:00:00.0000000
verbatimEventDate: 08/06/1970
identifiedBy: Frodin D
ScientificName: Schefflera obovata
scientificNameAuthorship: Merr.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Araliaceae
genus: Schefflera
specificEpithet: obovata
occurrenceRemarks:
Flora of the National Botanic Garden and vicinity, UP, Quezon-Laguna Land Grant Siniloan, Laguna, Philippines.  On ridge NBG, Upale, Siniloan, Tree hright 15m, Diameter, breast high 59cm.  Tree white and yellow green.  Herbarium no 627.


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051798
modified: 2006-11-10 13:53:38.450000
ScientificName: Atractylis
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Atractylis
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Also two tins - 961, Pai shu (A Henry) sliced, Hokai 1555, Yu shuh, see 961, FP Smith


institutionCode: K
collectionCode: Economic Botany
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
occurrenceID: http://specimens.kew.org/Ecbot/K:EBC-000051827
modified: 2006-07-27 15:33:00.557000
country: India
countryCode: IN
locality: India
ScientificName: Artemisia maritima
scientificNameAuthorship: L.
kingdom: Plantae
family: Asteraceae
genus: Artemisia
specificEpithet: maritima
occurrenceRemarks:
Label source:  Species of Artemisia flowers from Research Laboratory of Pharm Soc GB Oct 1925. Used in research on 'True & False Santonicas' by TE Wallis & EJ Mowatt (B.Pharm Conf. 1925) P.J. 1921 (4) 52 p.2 P.J. 1923 (4) 57 p.94


