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Tara
Tara spinosa
Tara spinosa, commonly known as tara (Quechua), is a small leguminous tree or thorny shrub native to Peru. T. spinosa is cultivated as a source of tannins based on a galloylated quinic acid structure. This chemical structure has been confirmed also by LC-MS. It is also grown as an ornamental plant because of its large colorful flowers and pods.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
The Anatomy of Plants (Vol. 2)
Nehemiah Grew · 1682 · p.412
Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.541
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.130
Maria Sibylla Merian — Der rupsen begin, voedzel en wonderbaare verandering (1712)
Maria Sibylla Merian · 1717 · p.59
Garden of Health
1507 · p.483
Historia naturalis Brasiliae
Willem Piso / Georg Marcgraf · 1648 · p.209
Selected Illustrations of Plants Collected in Japan
Engelbert Kaempfer · 1712 · p.87
Complete Treatise on Agricultural Administration
Xu Guangqi · 1909 · p.842
De Indiae utriusque re naturali et medica
Willem Piso · 1658 · p.285
New Genera of Plants
Pier Antonio Micheli · 1729 · p.323
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 768539.