Wood - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 3055 | |||||
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Plant Name | 33.02 ELAEOCARPACEAE Sloanea australis | Entry Book Number | 13.1953 | |
| Artefact Name | Wood | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Australia | TDWG Region | Australia | ||
| Parts Held | Wood | Geography Description | Australia, New South Wales | ||
| Uses | Wood Use: MATERIALS - Wood User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Wood | ||
| Storage | Woods size B | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Division of Wood Technology, Forestry | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | Commission of N.S.W.x0Dx0A | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Label source: A pinkish-coloured, close textured timber, becoming a light brown on exposure. It has no prominent figure, easily worked, suitable for cabinet work, interior joinery, mouldings, linings etc. The wide sap-wood which is not pronounced is very, liable to attack by the Powder Post Borer. The tree sometimes has a very irregular bole, often deeply channelled, and not plentiful in commercial sizes. It occurs as a fair sized tree averaging a height of 80ft and 6ft girth, in the coastal brushes of Ne, w South Wales and Queensland. H = Moderately soft. W = 32 - 37 lb per cub. ft. | ||||