Wood - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 26294 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 187.00 PALMAE Hyphaene thebaica | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Wood | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Egypt | TDWG Region | Egypt | ||
| Parts Held | Wood | Geography Description | Upper Egypt | ||
| Uses | WoodUse: User: Man | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Woods size D | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Murray Hon EA | Donor No | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: A native of Egypt and the valley of the Nile, and perhaps extensively distributed in Tropical Africa. Especially distinguished from most species of palm by its branching stem. The wood is applied to various domestic uses in Africa. The ging, er-bread like rind of the fruit is eaten, and the seeds are turned into beads, & c. | ||||