Muller 329 (1938)
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| Muller 329 herbarium specimen, Phú Quốc (1938) | |
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| Muller 329 (1938) | |
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| Muller 329, held by the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle as P06781059 (CC BY 4.0) | |
| At a Glance | |
| Classification | Unknown |
| Location | |
| Country | Vietnam |
| Locality | Phú Quốc |
| Coordinates | 10.2288, 104.0144 |
| Traditional Names | |
| Local Name | Tam Can Xa |
| Collection | |
| Method | Herbarium specimen |
| Sourcing Type | Historical |
| Date | 15 August 1938 |
| Collector | Muller |
| Specimen | |
| Repository | Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle |
| Catalogue Number | P06781059 |
| Collector Number | Muller 329 |
| Scientific Name | Cannabis sativa L. |
| Identified By | Querido |
| Occurrence Record | View occurrence record |
Muller 329 is a herbarium accession of Cannabis sativa collected on Phú Quốc, an island in the Gulf of Thailand, on 15 August 1938. The Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle holds the sheet as P06781059.[1] The page files it under Vietnam; the label and the catalogue place it in Cambodia. The label states that the Chinese smoked the plant in a bamboo water pipe.
Collection and locality
The handwritten label is headed Institut des Recherches Agronomiques and numbered Muller No 329. It ends récolté à Phu-quôc, Golfe du Siam. Cambodge and le 15 août 1938.[2] A printed slip reads Pl. d'INDOCHINE. Reçu le 26 Avril 1939. Collect. MÜLLER.[2] The catalogue gives the locality as Golfe du Liam, récolté à Phú Quốc (collected at Phú Quốc), the date as 15 August 1938, and the collector as Muller, number 329.[1]
Recorded local name and use
The label gives the name as nom. Cdg. Tam Can Xa and states sert aux Chinois à fumer dans une pipe à eau en bambou: used by the Chinese for smoking in a bamboo water pipe.[2] The catalogue leaves out both the name and the use.[1]
Specimen and identification
The label describes the plant; the catalogue's field note repeats the description:
Arbuste de 4 à 5m de h. gros comme le gros orteil du pied. Feuilles craquelées en dents de scie peu od. coul. vert Irlandais
Translation: (a shrub 4 to 5 m tall), as thick as a big toe, with cracked, saw-toothed leaves, faintly scented, Irish green.[1]
The sheet carries a leafy branch and a cut section of a thick, woody stem.[2] The plant is recorded as Cannabis sativa L., determined by Querido.[1]