Wood - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 14510 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 143.01 LAURACEAE Cinnamomum camphora | Entry Book Number | 35.1927 | |
| Artefact Name | Wood | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | South Africa | TDWG Region | South Africa | ||
| Parts Held | Wood | Geography Description | South Africa, Pretoria | ||
| Uses | WoodUse: User: Not defined | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Woods size B | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Dept. of Agric. | Donor No | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Sample A. It was semi-solid owing to the separation of Camphor, pale brownish yellow, and lighter than water. This semple possessed a strong odour of camphor.(Extract from report transmitted to Kew from Imp. Inst. (0.2011) dated 18.11.192, 7, JHH 12.1.28. Sample B which weighs 33 lbs consisted of pieces of stem 10 to 29 inches long and 1 1/2 to 4 1/2 inches diameter. This sample resembles A in general appearance, but the wood was somewhat darker. It had a strong camphorous odour. Voltile oi, l 0.90%. The oil was quite distinct from that furnished by sample A | ||||