Carved plate - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 37741 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 106.00 APOCYNACEAE Wrightia tomentosa | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Carved plate | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Carved plate | Geography Description | Sharunpore | ||
| Uses | Carved plateUse: MATERIALS - Wood User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Wood | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | India Museum | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 00/00/1880 | Donor Notes | Duthie JFx0Dx0A | ||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Label source: A small deciduous tree found in mixed forests throughout India, Burma and Ceylon. The wood is moderately hard and close grained but easy to work. It is chiefly used in turnery and carving, for bowls, platters, combs, picture frames etc. Th, e bark of the stem and roots are given as an antidote for snake bites and scorpion stings. | ||||