Gutta Percha - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 51014 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 101.01 SAPOTACEAE | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Gutta Percha | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Gutta Percha | Geography Description | Borneo, Kapuas River | ||
| Uses | Gutta PerchaUse: User: | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Collins J | Donor No | 21 | ||
| Donor Date | 00/00/1880 | Donor Notes | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Label source: The term Ploot or P'loot is Dyak and is the only one that they have for Gutta Percha. The trees grow in hilly tracts and the sap is brownish. The leaves are much like those of the Champaka (Michelia Champaca) but are redder in colour on the, under side. 3rd class. | ||||