Leaves - Specimen details

Leaves - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 63087

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Plant Name 43.01 MELIACEAE Swietenia macrophylla Entry Book Number 3.1925
Artefact Name Leaves Vernacular Name
Iso Country Belize TDWG Region Belize
Parts Held Leaves Geography Description British Honduras, Botanic Station
Uses LeavesUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
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Donor Donor No
Donor Date Donor Notes
Collector Hummel C Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date 28/09/1920
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Label source: Botanical station 8 miles up river from Belize. This tree was originally on the ground, growing wild, not planted. Mahogany no3. Alt about 20`? Fairly numerous on good soil all over the colony but rare now close to the mouth of the Beliz, e River owing to the continued cuttings during the last 2 centuries. Still unripe fruits, collected too early for same reason as given for the collection of flowers from Billy Webb no 2. This tree has been labelled and numbered as Mahogany no3 for conti, nued botanical and silvicultural observation.

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