EBC 43439 (by 1910)
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| Kew Economic Botany object 43439, hemp fibre from Korea, given by the Japan-British Exhibition of 1910 | |
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| EBC 43439 (by 1910) | |
| At a Glance | |
| Classification | Other |
| Location | |
| Country | Korea |
| Collection | |
| Method | Herbarium specimen |
| Sourcing Type | Historical |
| Specimen | |
| Repository | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
| Catalogue Number | EBC 43439 |
| Scientific Name | Cannabis sativa L. |
| Occurrence Record | View occurrence record |
EBC 43439 is an accession of hemp fibre, Cannabis sativa, from Korea. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew holds it in its Economic Botany Collection as EBC 43439.[1] Kew records its donor as the Japan-British Exhibition of 1910.
The catalogue entry
The catalogue gives the artefact name and the parts held as Hemp Fibre, the plant name as 153.04 CANNABACEAE Cannabis sativa, the use as MATERIALS - Fibres with the user Not defined, the geography description as Korea, the storage as Bottles, boxes etc, the entry book number as 146.1910, the donor as Japan British Exhib, the donor number as 34 and the donor date as 00/00/1910, the year 1910 alone. The country and region are Not defined. The catalogue leaves the collector, collector's number and collection date blank.[1]
Kew assigns entry book numbers to each group of specimens at the point of acquisition, in a series that runs each year, so 146.1910 places the fibre's arrival at Kew in 1910.[2] Entry 145.1910, from the same donor, holds five samples of hemp from Japan,[3] and entry 152.1910 a sample of hemp seed from Manchuria, EBC 43406 (by 1910).[4] Kew also publishes the entry to GBIF, with the locality Korea and no country.[5]
Specimen and identification
Kew files the fibre as Cannabis sativa.[1] No image of it is published.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Hemp Fibre, catalogue number 43439". Economic Botany Collection. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 13 October 2026.
- ↑ "How to use the Economic Botany Collection database". Economic Botany Collection. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 24 September 2026.
- ↑ "Hemp, catalogue number 43423". Economic Botany Collection. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 13 October 2026.
- ↑ "Seed of hemp, catalogue number 43406". Economic Botany Collection. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 13 October 2026.
- ↑ "Occurrence 2428988897: Cannabis sativa L." GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 13 October 2026.