Wood - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 25652 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 151.02 BUXACEAE Buxus sempervirens | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Wood | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | United Kingdom | TDWG Region | United Kingdom | ||
| Parts Held | Wood | Geography Description | Great Britain ? | ||
| Uses | WoodUse: MATERIALS - Wood User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Wood | ||
| Storage | Woods size D | Related Items | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Kew. Widespread throughout Europe and Asia Minor as a shrub or small tree. Boxhill Surrey is noted for its box, wood very hard and a first class wood for carving, turnery and engraving, for which pruposes it has been esteemed for centurie, s. Also used for mathematical instruments chess men, pulleys, mallet heads, etc. 58lb per cu ft. | ||||