Wood - Specimen details

Wood - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 25408

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Plant Name 125.01 VERBENACEAE Citharexylum quadrangulare Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Wood Vernacular Name
Iso Country Trinidad and Tobago TDWG Region Trinidad and Tobago
Parts Held Wood Geography Description Trinidad
Uses WoodUse: MATERIALS - Wood User: Man TDWG use MATERIALS - Wood
Storage Woods size D Related Items
Donor Inter. Exhib. 1862 Donor No 415
Donor Date Donor Notes No: 251x0Dx0A
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Label source: Native to W Indies. Wood hard and heavy, fine textured and not well known or extensively used. Has been used for posts and shingles, the name fiddlewood is a corruption of bois fidele an early French name in allusion to its strenth and to, ughness. Tree 40-60 ft high, 1-2 ft diam. Much valued for building

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