MANCH Kk1522 (s.d.)
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| Manchester Museum materia medica sample Kk1522, cannabis leaves from Cape Colony | |
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| MANCH Kk1522 (s.d.) | |
| At a Glance | |
| Classification | Other |
| Location | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Locality | Cape Colony |
| Collection | |
| Method | Herbarium specimen |
| Sourcing Type | Historical |
| Specimen | |
| Repository | Manchester Museum |
| Catalogue Number | Kk1522 |
| Scientific Name | Cannabis sativa L. |
MANCH Kk1522 is a herbarium accession of Cannabis sativa from Cape Colony, South Africa. The Manchester Museum holds the sheet as Kk1522.[1] It is a materia medica sample of leaves from the University of Manchester's pharmacy department.
The record
The museum gives the catalogue number as Kk1522 in its botany collection, the verbatim locality as Africa | South Africa | Af4, the occurrence remarks as Cape Colony, the preparations as Leaves and the vernacular names as Hemp and Cannabis. Its dynamic properties record the collection as Materia medica and the provenance as ex collection The University of Manchester, Pharmacy Department. There is no collector, no number and no date.[1]
What it is
A materia medica collection is a teaching and reference collection of drug substances, held by a pharmacy department rather than by a herbarium. The object is a sample of cannabis leaves kept as a drug reference, and the only provenance it carries is the colony.[1]
Specimen and identification
The determination is Cannabis sativa L.[1]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Occurrence 1932960525: Cannabis sativa L." GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 23 September 2026.