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Ricinodendron rautanenii Schinz; fruit

Date Updated: 2 July 2007

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Economic Botany Collection, Kew
Resource Type
Artifacts
Creator
Unknown
Date
n.d.
Source
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, England, UK
Relation
Economic Botany Collection, 44489
Attribution
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Description
Ricinodendron rautanenii Schinz; fruit. Donated to Kew by Dr. Kirk on 16/09/1862. Oil nuts. Label reads: "Mosioa tunya, Victoria Falls. They yield a large quantity of sweet fluid oil. Cultivated by the Batoka a tree with heavy head much branched like a stags horn. The leaf is palinate pubescent. Copy of accompanying label as far as can be deciphered. Oil not named A13 (See Fig 323). This is from the hills of the Shire Cataracts, it grows also near Lake Nyassa".
Identifier
KEBC00000091
Collection name
Economic Botany Collection, Kew
Plant name
Ricinodendron rautanenii Schinz [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
Country
Malawi
Plant part
Fruit
Pages
1

Date Updated: 12 April 2006

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Economic Botany Collection, Kew
Resource Type
Artefact
Date
Unknown
Source
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, England, UK
Relation
Economic Botany Collection, 44489
Attribution
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Description
Ricinodendron rautanenii Schinz; fruit. Donated to Kew by Dr. Kirk on 16/09/1862. Oil nuts. Label reads: "Mosioa tunya, Victoria Falls. They yield a large quantity of sweet fluid oil. Cultivated by the Batoka a tree with heavy head much branched like a stags horn. The leaf is palinate pubescent. Copy of accompanying label as far as can be deciphered. Oil not named A13 (See Fig 323). This is from the hills of the Shire Cataracts, it grows also near Lake Nyassa".
Identifier
KEBC00000091
Collection name
Economic Botany Collection, Kew
Pages
1
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