Fibre - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 30019 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 175.18 PHORMIACEAE Phormium tenax | Entry Book Number | 111:1853 | |
| Artefact Name | Fibre | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | New Zealand | TDWG Region | New Zealand | ||
| Parts Held | Fibre | Geography Description | New Zealand | ||
| Uses | FibreUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Fibres | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Colenso Rev W | Donor No | 4535 | ||
| Donor Date | 02/12/1853 | Donor Notes | |||
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| Notes: | 'Phormium: having dark-eged leaves, and much prized by the natives for its long and fine fibre (flax), and for the ease with which it is worked - a stout and large plant, nearly equalling Ph. tenax.' WC | ||||