Rubber - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 43010 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 153.05 MORACEAE Castilla elastica | Entry Book Number | 4.1885 | |
| Artefact Name | Rubber | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Peru | TDWG Region | Peru | ||
| Parts Held | Rubber | Geography Description | Peru | ||
| Uses | RubberUse: MATERIALS - Latex/Rubber User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Latex/Rubber | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Foreign Office | Donor No | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Imported from Peru to Para and shipped from thence. Para Opuscular source: Portion of a slab rec'd. Jan 12.1885 Extract from 'Report on the Trade and Commerce of Para' for the years ending 1879-82 by Consul Green ?. In consular reports 188, 4 vol. p.2 'From Peru now comes a class of rubber styled Caucho in slabs or sheets of about 4 inches thick and 2 to 3 feet long. It ranks a little higher in value than the coarse quality ie. Ternamby ? and I should estimate that 400 or 500 tons of this qu, ality comes to market every year '. | ||||