McClure 734 (1932)
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| McClure 734 herbarium specimen, Tsing Cheung Village, Annam (1932) | |
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| McClure 734 (1932) | |
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| McClure 734, held by the New York Botanical Garden as 01414429 (CC BY 4.0) | |
| At a Glance | |
| Classification | Feral |
| Location | |
| Country | Vietnam |
| Locality | Tsing Cheung Village, Annam |
| Traditional Names | |
| Local Name | Foh Ma |
| Collection | |
| Method | Herbarium specimen |
| Sourcing Type | Historical |
| Date | 28 January 1932 |
| Collector | F. A. McClure |
| Specimen | |
| Repository | New York Botanical Garden |
| Catalogue Number | 1414429 |
| Collector Number | McClure 734 |
| Scientific Name | Cannabis sativa L. subsp. sativa var. sativa |
| Identified By | E. Small |
| Occurrence Record | View occurrence record |
McClure 734 is a herbarium accession of Cannabis sativa collected at the edge of a cornfield at Tsing Cheung Village, in Annam, Vietnam, on 28 January 1932 by Floyd Alonzo McClure of Lingnan University, Canton. The New York Botanical Garden holds the sheet as 01414429.[1] The label notes that the oil pressed from the seeds was used locally for light.
Collection and locality
The typed label is Lingnan University's printed bilingual form headed Flora of Indo-China. It gives the field number 00734, the herbarium number 19914, the collector F. A. McClure, the province Annam, the locality Tsing Cheung Village, the habitat edge of cornfield in sand along river bank and the date 1/28/32.[2] On the distribution label the printed Flora of Kwangtung is struck through and Indochina written above it.[2] The garden's catalogue gives the same locality, habitat, number and date and codes the country as China.[1] Sun Yat-sen University holds a duplicate as 2151C0001D00059793, filed under Vietnam with the locality 安南 (Annam), Tsing Cheung Village.[3]
Recorded local name and use
The label's romanisation field gives the name as Foh Ma. Its special notes read: The oil expressed from the seeds is said to be used locally as an illuminant. This plant said to be the same as that cult. in China under the names Foh Ma and Taai Ma, where seeds are used in Chinese medicine under the name Foh Ma Yan.[2]
Specimen and identification
The label gives the height of the plant as 1 to 1½ m and its flowers as white or greenish white.[2] The sheet carries a flowering branch and cut lengths of stem. A typed slip determines it as Cannabis sativa L. subsp. sativa var. sativa, by E. Small, Canada Agriculture, August 1975.[2][1]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Occurrence 1928317329: Cannabis sativa subsp. sativa". GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 8 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Digitised sheet 01414429: McClure 734". Virtual Herbarium image service. New York Botanical Garden. Retrieved 8 October 2026.
- ↑ "Occurrence 4042919673: Cannabis sativa L." GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 8 October 2026.
