Saharanpur Botanical Garden 31 (1889)
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| Saharanpur Botanical Garden 31 herbarium specimen, Saharanpur district (1889) | |
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| Saharanpur Botanical Garden 31 (1889) | |
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| Saharanpur Botanical Garden 31, held by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh as catalogue E00248809 (CC BY-SA 2.5) | |
| At a Glance | |
| Classification | Other |
| Location | |
| Country | India |
| Province/State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Saharanpur District |
| Traditional Names | |
| Local Name | Bhang |
| Collection | |
| Method | Herbarium specimen |
| Sourcing Type | Historical |
| Date | 1889-09-10 |
| Specimen | |
| Repository | Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh |
| Catalogue Number | E00248809 |
| Collector Number | Saharanpur Botanical Garden 31 |
| Scientific Name | Cannabis sativa L. |
| Occurrence Record | View occurrence record |
Saharanpur Botanical Garden 31 is a herbarium accession of a male Cannabis sativa plant sent from the Government Botanical Garden at Saharanpur and labelled as coming from Saharanpur District, now in Uttar Pradesh, India. The label gives the local name Bhang and calls the plant a medicinal and fibre plant.[1] The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh holds the sheet as catalogue E00248809.[2] GBIF publishes it as occurrence 574938510.[3]
Collection and locality
The foot of the printed label reads From the Government Botanical Garden, Sahâranpur. The label is numbered 31 and annotated Saharanpur district. It names no collector and gives no altitude.[1] Beside the number is a further annotation, No. 10.9 89.[1]
The RBGE catalogue and GBIF give the collection number as 31 and the date as 10 September 1889.[2][3]
Recorded local name and use
The head of the label reads Medicinal & fibre plant. The label gives the vernacular name as Vern. Bhang.[1]
Specimen and identification
The label names the plant Cannabis sativa and adds (male plant.).[1] The catalogue records the specimen as Cannabis sativa L.[2]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Digitised sheet E00248809: Cannabis sativa L." RBGE IIIF image service. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Retrieved 17 September 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Cannabis sativa L., specimen E00248809". Herbarium catalogue. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Retrieved 17 September 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Occurrence 574938510: Cannabis sativa L." GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 17 September 2026.