C. F. Millspaugh

Creator(s):
  • Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
Creator role(s):
  • Creator
  • Landolphia florida Benth., Egyptian Accra Rubber, Egypt, C. F. Millspaugh, F
    Creator: Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: Landolphia florida Benth., Egyptian Accra Rubber, Egypt, C. F. Millspaugh, F
Current Determination: Landolphia florida Benth.
Family: Apocynaceae

Collector(s): C. F. Millspaugh
Description: The latex of this species dries so quickly that it forma a ridge across the wound stopping further flow, on this account the natives wipe off the milky juice continuously from long gashes and smear it on their bodies in a thick covering, this coating is afterward peeled off and cut in squares.
Catalog Subset: Economic Botany
EMu IRN: 52239
OccurenceID: 44741b65-36f5-4d6f-9f21-952e088864a8

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