Medley Wood 3849 (1887)
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| Medley Wood 3849 herbarium gathering, Durban Botanic Gardens (1887) | |
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| Medley Wood 3849 (1887) | |
| At a Glance | |
| Classification | Other |
| Location | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province/State | KwaZulu-Natal |
| Locality | Durban Botanic Gardens |
| Coordinates | -29.625, 30.625 |
| Elevation | 45 m |
| Collection | |
| Method | Herbarium specimen |
| Sourcing Type | Historical |
| Date | 1887 |
| Collector | J. Medley Wood |
| Specimen | |
| Repository | KwaZulu-Natal Herbarium (NH) |
| Catalogue Number | NH0003536-0 |
| Collector Number | Medley-Wood, J. 3849 |
| Scientific Name | Cannabis sativa var. indica (Lam.) Wehmer |
Medley Wood 3849 is a herbarium accession of Cannabis sativa, determined as var. indica collected at Durban Botanic Gardens in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, in 1887 by J. Medley Wood. The KwaZulu-Natal Herbarium (NH) holds the sheet as NH0003536-0.[1]
Collection and locality
The database gives the year as 1887, with the month and day blank, the locality as In Botanic Gardens. and the altitude as 45 m. John Medley Wood was curator of the Durban Botanic Gardens at the time and had founded its Colonial Herbarium five years earlier.[1]
Specimen and identification
The sheet is filed as Cannabis sativa var. indica (Lam.) Wehmer. The database names no determiner and publishes no image.[1]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Cannabis sativa L., barcode NH0003536-0, in the Botanical Database of Southern Africa (BODATSA)". Plants of southern Africa. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved 23 September 2026.