Wood - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 1016 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 27.01 GUTTIFERAE Calophyllum antillanum | Entry Book Number | 11.1928 | |
| Artefact Name | Wood | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Trinidad and Tobago | TDWG Region | Trinidad and Tobago | ||
| Parts Held | Wood | Geography Description | Trinidad | ||
| Uses | WoodUse: MATERIALS User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS | ||
| Storage | Woods size B | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Conservator of Forests, Trinidad | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | ||||
| Collector | Collector No | ||||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | ||||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Label source: This timber at one time was used in the Royal Dockyards, but it has not been seen in commerce for many years. It is the same wood as Santa Maria. The wood varies in colour from yellow to pale red, weight about 50lbs per cubic foot; it is ha, rd, strong and stands exposure to the weather remarkably well. Used for shipbuilding, constructional work, furniture and especially for outdoor work where durability is requisite. | ||||
| Determinations: | 27.01 GUTTIFERAE Calophyllum antillanum Britton 27.01 GUTTIFERAE Calophyllum calaba Jacq. | ||||