Wood - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 2629 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 32.00 STERCULIACEAE Mansonia gagei | Entry Book Number | 3.1916 | |
| Artefact Name | Wood | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Thailand | TDWG Region | Thailand | ||
| Parts Held | Wood | Geography Description | Thailand | ||
| Uses | WoodUse: MATERIALS User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS | ||
| Storage | Woods size B | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Vanpruk Phra | Donor No | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: The specimen has been compared with several woods, including those of Santalum album and certain Sapindaceae and Meliaceae, but has not been identified. Identified by CR Metcalfe. The wood produces fragrant oil largely used for perfumery in, this country. It was cut into small pieces for the cremation of bodies in high familes and sometimes used for boxes. (Extract from letter 22.1916 P. Vanpruk. | ||||