Wood - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 5825 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 53.01 ANACARDIACEAE Metopium brownei | Entry Book Number | 3.1922 | |
| Artefact Name | Wood | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Belize | TDWG Region | Belize | ||
| Parts Held | Wood | Geography Description | Belize | ||
| Uses | WoodUse: User: Not defined | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Woods size B | Related Items | |||
| Donor | For. Dept. Br. Honduras | Donor No | 19 | ||
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| Notes: | Label source: Sample of Poison Wood. So named on account of the secretion of an acrid juice in the bark which dropping on the skin of the woodcutter blisters it. Called the 'King of Cabinet woods' The trees grow to an average height of 80 to 100 feet wit, h a diameter of 24 to 30 inches. If interested write, The Secretary, Br. Honduras Chamber of Commerce | ||||