Wood - Specimen details

Wood - Specimen details

Back to search results

Catalogue Number: 72240

No Image
Plant Name 120.01 BIGNONIACEAE Markhamia zanzibarica Entry Book Number 62.1992.6
Artefact Name Wood Vernacular Name
Iso Country Botswana TDWG Region Botswana
Parts Held Wood Geography Description Botswana, Chobe District, Chobe National Park on Ngona-Kachikon road, 25km from Ngona gate
Uses WoodUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
Storage Woods size C Related Items
Donor Donor No
Donor Date Donor Notes
Collector Terry J, Cook FEM, Sydes CL Collector No 224
Collection Notes Collection Date 03/05/1990
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Label source: Herbarium Kewensis Multistemmed deciduous shrub/tree to c.7m (but also occurred as single stemmed tree). Bark grey showing rectangular cracking when older, papery. Slash cream. Fruits brown with pale flecking. Site: in dense mixed species s, hrubland to woodland on the lower parts of a rocky slope. Species present: Acacia tortilis, Acacia ataxacantha, Combretum eleagnoides, Dichrostachys cinerea. Grass cover very sparse. Kirkia acuminata woodland occurs higher up the hillside. Soil: sand with, some rocks. Notes: area grazed by cattle and elephants. Other Material: Carp. sample Wakehurst Place Seed Bank Duplicates:GAB Wakehurst Place. Wood sample Economic Botany Collection.

Simple search   |   Amend search