Wood - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 4803 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 47.01 CELASTRACEAE Goupia glabra | Entry Book Number | 28.1932 | |
| Artefact Name | Wood | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Guyana | TDWG Region | Guyana | ||
| Parts Held | Wood | Geography Description | British Guiana | ||
| Uses | WoodUse: MATERIALS - Wood User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Wood | ||
| Storage | Woods size B | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Hay Dr A | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | British Empire Exhib. 1924x0Dx0A | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Uses: House-building, railway sleepers, paving blocks and furniture. For timber it is inferior to Mora; used in boat-building but must be fastened with copper nails. Will not split on exposure to the sun hence Indians of the savanna country, perfer canoes made of this wood. It has an offensive smell when newly worked. | ||||