Wood - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 25408 | |||||
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Plant Name | 125.01 VERBENACEAE Citharexylum quadrangulare | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Wood | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Trinidad and Tobago | TDWG Region | Trinidad and Tobago | ||
| Parts Held | Wood | Geography Description | Trinidad | ||
| Uses | Wood Use: MATERIALS - Wood User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Wood | ||
| Storage | Woods size D | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Inter. Exhib. 1862 | Donor No | 415 | ||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | No: 251x0Dx0A | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Native to W Indies. Wood hard and heavy, fine textured and not well known or extensively used. Has been used for posts and shingles, the name fiddlewood is a corruption of bois fidele an early French name in allusion to its strenth and to, ughness. Tree 40-60 ft high, 1-2 ft diam. Much valued for building | ||||