Two stones from iroko timber - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 99392 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 153.05 MORACEAE Milicia excelsa | Entry Book Number | 6.2015 | |
| Artefact Name | Two stones from iroko timber | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Nigeria | TDWG Region | Nigeria | ||
| Parts Held | Two stones from iroko timber | Geography Description | Shasha forest Reserve, Osun State, Nigeria (6 N 4 E) | ||
| Uses | Two stones from iroko timberUse: User: | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Hopkins, Brian | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 15/09/2015 | Donor Notes | Two 'stones' collected from about 20 m (70') up a tree that was felled 8/3/1962 | ||
| Collector | Hopkins, Brian | Collector No | |||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | 08/03/1962 | |||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | The interest is the 'stones', calcium-salt deposits secreted and deposited by the living tree in cracks within the growing wood; see Jane, F.W. (1970). The structure of wood (2nd edn) Black, p. 135 &289. Digital photograph of the stone in the wood see 'D, onations' folder. | ||||