Wood - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 14602 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 143.01 LAURACEAE Cryptocarya erthroxylon | Entry Book Number | 13.1953 | |
| Artefact Name | Wood | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Australia | TDWG Region | Australia | ||
| Parts Held | Wood | Geography Description | Australia | ||
| Uses | WoodUse: MATERIALS - Wood User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Wood | ||
| Storage | Woods size B | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Div. of Wood Tech. For. Comm. of N.S.W. | Donor No | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: A firm-textured pinkish-brown to greyish-brown timber posessing as cider-like odour. It is somewhat ' free' and inclined to split during seasoning. Tougher to work than Queensland Maple, but can be readily glued, stained, and polished. The, wood is used in Northern New South Wales & Queensland for above uses. It is not regarded as a durable timber in damp situations. The pale coloured sapwood is liable to attack by the Powder Post Borer (Lyctus sp.). It grows to a large tree confined to the, rainforests of the Macpherson range in New South Wales and Queensland. H - Hard. W - about 45 lbs per cubic foot. | ||||