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Object Number: Bd4

Collection: Botany & Mycology

Object Name: Plant

Common Name: Sheep potato

: Snapdragon root

: Fever root

: Minnie root

Informal Name

Description: Jamican pressed plants collected by Dr. Arthur Broughton between 1786-90 (Volume 3)

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Named Collection: Dr Arthur Broughton Herbarium

Order: Lamiales

Family: Acanthaceae

Genus: Ruellia

Species: tuberosa

Preservation Technique: herbarium sheet

Locality: Jamaica, Latin America / Caribbean, Americas