Gum ammoniacum
This gum is from a collection of specimens and photos chiefly concerned with economic botany collected by J R Jackson of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It is hardened plant sap and is used in traditional medicine.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 73/1921/52/PRIORIS
- Collection Class
- Plants
- Collector Excavator
- Jackson, Mr John Reader (from the collection of)
- Common Name
- gum ammoniacum
- Simple Name
- resin
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901); Edwardian (1901-1914)
