Scented wood - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 48607 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 113.01 CONVOLVULACEAE Convolvulus sp | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Scented wood | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Spain | TDWG Region | Spain | ||
| Parts Held | Scented wood | Geography Description | Canary Is, Africa, Macronesia | ||
| Uses | Scented woodUse: MATERIALS User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Roberts, Evans & Woodhead, Liverpool | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 00/00/1929 | Donor Notes | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: M986-29 - Nut wood or scented wood. Roberts, Evans & Woodhead, African Chambers, Old Hall Street, Liverpool. The sample of 'Nut wood' or 'Scented wood' (No 1666) has been identified as the stem of Convolvulus scoparius L. or perhaps C.flori, dus L. Both these species occurs in the Canary Islands, and are known (especially the first species) as Rose Root or Lignum Rhodium. The wood of the roots contains oil of Rhodium, a rose-wood oil once used in perfumery. The oil is present in smaller quant, ity in the stem than in the root of C.scoparius, while the root of C.floridus is stated to contain less oil than the other species, and sometimes, when young, scarcely any. Further information concerning these plants and their scented oil will be found in, the Kew Bulletin, 1893, pp 133-136. The sample of stem, as judged by its scent contains very little of the oil. LAB. 26.11.29. M.9 86.29 - Nut wood or scented wood. No 1666 origin ..?.. states: but given to understand that years ago quite a considerable, business was done in ..?.. wood which is claimed to be of considerable information to Distillers of Perfumes Manufactures. John Boodle | ||||