EBC 43469 (by 1882)

Kew Economic Botany object 43469, hemp thread from northern Taiwan, given by T. Watters
EBC 43469 (by 1882)
At a Glance
Classification	Other
Location
Country	Taiwan
Locality	North Formosa
Collection
Method	Herbarium specimen
Sourcing Type	Historical
Specimen
Repository	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Catalogue Number	EBC 43469
Scientific Name	Cannabis L.
Occurrence Record	View occurrence record

EBC 43469 is an accession of thread spun from Cannabis fibre, from northern Taiwan, catalogued as Native Thread of Hemp. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew holds it in its Economic Botany Collection as EBC 43469. It was entered at Kew in 1882 with two more hemp samples from North Formosa, hemp for making bags and inner bark, given by the British consul at Tamsui, T. Watters.

The catalogue entry

The catalogue gives the artefact name and the parts held as Native Thread of Hemp, the plant name as 153.04 CANNABACEAE Cannabis sp, the use as MATERIALS - Fibres with the user Man, the geography description as North Formosa, the storage as Bottles, boxes etc, the entry book number as 139.1882 and the donor as Watters T, HM Consul. The country is Not defined. The notes read Label source: No A.49. The catalogue leaves the collector, collector's number, donor number, donor date and collection date blank.

Kew assigns entry book numbers to each group of specimens at the point of acquisition, in a series that runs each year, so 139.1882 places the thread's arrival at Kew in 1882. The same entry number is given for EBC 43419, Hemp used for making bags (Not clothes), and for the inner bark of hemp, EBC 43435. Kew also publishes the entry to GBIF, determined to the genus Cannabis, with the locality North Formosa.

Specimen and identification

Kew files the thread as Cannabis sp., at genus rather than species. No image of it is published.