Rubber - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 42990 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 153.05 MORACEAE Castilla elastica | Entry Book Number | 7.1901 | |
| Artefact Name | Rubber | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Belize | TDWG Region | Belize | ||
| Parts Held | Rubber | Geography Description | British Honduras, Mulinda Estate | ||
| Uses | RubberUse: User: Not defined | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Campbell EJF | Donor No | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Value in 1900 2s.9d. to 3s. per lb sample of pure rubber from Castinoa elastica. Grown on Mulinda Estate. Prepared by a special process by the manager of the Estate without the use of any foreign substance such as alkali or any plant juice., The following is a copy of report by Messes Hecht, Lewis and Kahn. 'The quality of the rubber appears to us to be very good and we should estimate the value to be from 2/9 to 3s per lb according to its dryness. Jan 24 1901 | ||||