Forrest 4761 (1906)
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| Forrest 4761 herbarium specimen, Tali, Yunnan (1906) | |
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| Forrest 4761 (1906) | |
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| Forrest 4761, held by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh as E01459306 (CC BY-SA 2.5) | |
| At a Glance | |
| Classification | Landrace |
| Location | |
| Country | China |
| Province/State | Yunnan |
| Locality | Around the city of Tali (Dali) |
| Coordinates | 25.69, 100.16 |
| Elevation | 2042 m |
| Collection | |
| Method | Herbarium specimen |
| Sourcing Type | Historical |
| Date | 1906 |
| Collector | George Forrest |
| Specimen | |
| Repository | Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh |
| Catalogue Number | E01459306 |
| Collector Number | Forrest 4761 |
| Scientific Name | Cannabis sativa L. |
| Occurrence Record | View occurrence record |
Forrest 4761 is a herbarium accession of Cannabis sativa collected on open, stony ground around the city of Tali (Dali), in Yunnan, China, at 6,700 feet, between June and August 1906, by George Forrest for A. K. Bulley. Its label records the plant as cultivated. The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh holds the sheet as E01459306.[1]
Collection and locality
The printed label is headed Plants of E. Tibet and S.W. China. Collected by George Forrest. Collector for A. K. Bulley of Ness, Neston, Cheshire. The field note reads: No. 4761. Half shrubby plant of 4-8 ft. Flowers light green. Open, stony ground around the city of Tali. Cultivated by the Chinese. Lat. 25°40'N. Alt. 6700 ft. June-Aug. 1906. W. Yunnan, China.[2]
Specimen and identification
The sheet carries a much-branched flowering top with dense flower clusters.[2] The name Datisca was written on the label first and superseded by Cannabis sativa Linn.; the catalogue records Cannabis sativa L.[2][1]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Occurrence 4907010999: Cannabis sativa L." GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 9 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Digitised sheet E01459306, IIIF manifest". RBGE IIIF image service. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Retrieved 9 October 2026.