Wood - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 4404 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 43.01 MELIACEAE Toona ciliata | 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 | WoodUse: MATERIALS - Wood User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Wood | ||
| Storage | Woods size B | Related Items | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: A light to deep red coloured, soft open-grained timber, light in weight and easy to work. It is a most valuable cabinet, joinery and decorative wood, exceedingly durable when exposed to the weather. It is used also for boat-building and pat, tern-making. Owing to the great demand in the past it is now scarce. Supplies to the Sydney Market come mostly from Northern Queensland A large tree, found in the coastal districts of New South Wales, Queensland and Pacific Islands. H = Soft W = 28-34lbs, per cubic foot. | ||||
| Determinations: | 43.01 MELIACEAE Toona ciliata 43.01 MELIACEAE Cedrela toona | ||||