Wood - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 15029 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 143.01 LAURACEAE Sassafras officinale | Entry Book Number | 20.1983 | |
| Artefact Name | Wood | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Canada | TDWG Region | Canada | ||
| Parts Held | Wood | Geography Description | Canada | ||
| Uses | WoodUse: MEDICINES User: Man | TDWG use | MEDICINES | ||
| Storage | Woods size B | Related Items | |||
| Donor | BM (Nat. Hist.) | Donor No | CXLIII.25 | ||
| Donor Date | 00/00/1862 | Donor Notes | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Found only in the Western part of upper Canada; grows to the height of 50 to 60 ft. high, and 15 inches in diam. The timber is of little value but used for light ornamental purposes on account of the fragrant odour. Every part of the tree, has a pleasant fragrance and an aromatic taste, strongest in the bark of the root, from which an essential oil is distilled highly valued in medicine. Specific gravity 0.6. | ||||