Wood - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 25663 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 29.01 DIPTEROCARPACEAE Shorea robusta | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Wood | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | India | TDWG Region | India | ||
| Parts Held | Wood | Geography Description | India | ||
| Uses | WoodUse: MATERIALS - Wood User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Wood | ||
| Storage | Woods size D | Related Items | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: A valuable wood much used in India but little known in Britain: hard, close textured with twisted grain, durable and favoured for railway sleepers on this account: wood too heavy to float out of the forests: altogether a very useful constru, ctional wood available in large sizes or planks. Weight 55 lbs./cu.ft. | ||||