Bark - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 58915 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 57.03 LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE Acacia pycnantha | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Bark | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Australia | TDWG Region | Australia | ||
| Parts Held | Bark | Geography Description | South Australia, Mount Torrens | ||
| Uses | BarkUse: MATERIALS - Tannins/Dyestuffs User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Tannins/Dyestuffs | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Tech Mus Sydney | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | ||||
| Collector | Collector No | ||||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | 11/07/1890 | |||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Label source: Average height of trees 25 ft. Analysis gave tannic acid = 42.1 per cent, extract 67.75 per cent. This is the best of all Australian tan barks, and is largely cultivated in the colony of South Australia; it is now being largely introduced i, nto NSW. It cannot unfortunately stand the cold to the extent of A decurrens. | ||||