Wood and leaves - Specimen details

Wood and leaves - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 26300

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Plant Name 187.00 PALMAE Leopoldinia piassaba Entry Book Number 65.1855
Artefact Name Wood and leaves Vernacular Name
Iso Country Not defined TDWG Region Not defined
Parts Held Wood and leaves Geography Description
Uses Wood and leavesUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
Storage Woods size C Related Items
Donor Spruce, Richard Donor No 191
Donor Date 00/00/1855 Donor Notes No: 82?x0Dx0A
Collector Spruce, Richard Collector No
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Notes: Source: Museum entry book 1855-61.: Petioles of the Piassaba palm showing the mode of growth of the beard, which is quite analagous to the matted sheath of the fronds of the common cocoa, the beard of the Patana etc. The Piassaba used for making ropes,et, c., is taken from young trees only, of from 3 to 5 feet high; for as the trunk grows higher, the beard of each frond grows gradually shorter, so as to be unserviceable for such purposes. I enclose the long beard taken from a tree 4 ft high and others from, a tree of 40 feet.Forests of the Rio Guiana and Rio Casiquiare.

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