Wood - Specimen details

Wood - Specimen details

Back to search results

Catalogue Number: 1016

No Image
Plant Name 27.01 GUTTIFERAE Calophyllum antillanum Entry Book Number 11.1928
Artefact Name Wood Vernacular Name
Iso Country Trinidad and Tobago TDWG Region Trinidad and Tobago
Parts Held Wood Geography Description Trinidad
Uses WoodUse: MATERIALS User: Man TDWG use MATERIALS
Storage Woods size B Related Items
Donor Conservator of Forests, Trinidad Donor No
Donor Date Donor Notes
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Label source: This timber at one time was used in the Royal Dockyards, but it has not been seen in commerce for many years. It is the same wood as Santa Maria. The wood varies in colour from yellow to pale red, weight about 50lbs per cubic foot; it is ha, rd, strong and stands exposure to the weather remarkably well. Used for shipbuilding, constructional work, furniture and especially for outdoor work where durability is requisite.
Determinations:27.01 GUTTIFERAE Calophyllum antillanum Britton
    27.01 GUTTIFERAE Calophyllum calaba Jacq.

Simple search   |   Amend search