Wood - Specimen details

Wood - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 31475

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Plant Name 154.00 PLATANACEAE Platanus acerifolia Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Wood Vernacular Name
Iso Country United Kingdom TDWG Region United Kingdom
Parts Held Wood Geography Description Great Britain, Surrey, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Uses WoodUse: MATERIALS - Wood User: Man TDWG use MATERIALS - Wood
Storage Woods size D Related Items
Donor Donor No
Donor Date Donor Notes
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
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Number Components Publication
Notes: Label source: Commonly called London Plane, a favoured street tree for towns and sooty areas, wood resembles beech in colour and texture, is tough and elastic, used sometimes for decorative veneer, also for interiors of cabinets, fretwork amd inlaying. W, eight 40 lb./cu.ft.
Determinations:154.00 PLATANACEAE Platanus acerifolia (Ait.) Willd.
    154.00 PLATANACEAE Platanus hispanica Muenchh.

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