Dried Vernonia flowers, leaves, and branches

Made:
1937 in Angola

Dried Vernonia flowers, leaves, and branches from South West Africa, near the Angola border, 1937. With the specimen is a label which reads: Flora of S.W.A. Botanical Name: Vernonia. Vernacular Name: Odira (quickly) (Kwanyama). Locality: South West Africa near Angola border. Habitat: Sandy - flat. Date: mid July 1937. Collector: Colton for Dr. Hooper. No. 1100 see 988

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A603379
Materials:
flowers
Measurements:
length 240 mm
type:
stems
credit:
Cotton, A.P.