Betel box of calamander wood - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 37738 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 102.00 EBENACEAE Diospyros quaesita | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Betel box of calamander wood | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Sri Lanka | TDWG Region | Sri Lanka | ||
| Parts Held | Betel box of calamander wood | Geography Description | Ceylon | ||
| Uses | Betel box of calamander woodUse: MATERIALS User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Cracroft Mrs | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 00/00/1877 | Donor Notes | Paris Exhibition 1855x0Dx0A | ||
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| Notes: | Label source: This beautiful wood is the produce of a very large tree native of Ceylon. It is so extremely hard that edge tools will scarcely touch it. It is now much used for small ornamental articles in this country. | ||||