Wood - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 25630 | |||||
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Plant Name | 211.01 PODOCARPACEAE Podocarpus totara | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Wood | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | New Zealand | TDWG Region | New Zealand | ||
| Parts Held | Wood | Geography Description | New Zealand | ||
| Uses | Wood Use: MATERIALS - Wood User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Wood | ||
| Storage | Woods size D | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Inter. Exhib., 1862 | Donor No | 3 | ||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | No: B4x0Dx0A No: 8x0Dx0A | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Label source: One of the most valuable timbers of the New Zealand forests, trees sometimes exceed 100ft with trunk diams. of 2-6ft. Wood reddish, even and straight grained. Seasons and works well. Durable out of doors but somewhat brittle: employed in bu, ilding work and for marine piles, sleepers, posts, shingles and paving blocks. Weight 30lb./cu.ft. | ||||