Portion of Pile - Specimen details

Portion of Pile - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 24770

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Plant Name 57.02 LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE Dimorphandra mora Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Portion of Pile Vernacular Name
Iso Country Guyana TDWG Region Guyana
Parts Held Portion of Pile Geography Description British Guiana
Uses Portion of PileUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
Storage Woods size C Related Items
Donor International Exhib. 1862 Donor No
Donor Date Donor Notes
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Label source: Portion of a pile bored by Teredo. (Mora excelsa) driven on the Atlantic face of the sea-wall in 1855 in the same week with the Greenheart pile, (No.1.). It shews the preference of the Teredo for this timber.
Determinations:57.02 LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE Dimorphandra mora Benth. & Hook.f.
    57.02 LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE Dimorphandra excelsa

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