Paddle - Specimen details

Paddle - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 45487

Plant Name 143.01 LAURACEAE Acrodiclidium ita-uba Entry Book Number 65.1850
Artefact Name Paddle Vernacular Name
Iso Country Brazil TDWG Region Brazil
Parts Held Paddle Geography Description Brazil, Para, Santarem
Uses PaddleUse: MATERIALS - Wood User: Man TDWG use MATERIALS - Wood
Storage Extra-large shelving Related Items
Donor Spruce Richard Donor No 37
Donor Date 12/12/1850 Donor Notes
Collector Spruce, Richard Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Source: Spruce, R. (1855) Domestic Uses. Plantae Amazonicae. Domestic uses (pp 31-61) and miscellaneous notes, p 61. : A noble clean growing tree with rather scaly back, slightly tinged with red, which gives the trunk the aspect of that of Scotch Fir. As, in many cannels both bark and wood have a fine scent enduring many years.

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