Fibre - Specimen details

Fibre - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 65001

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Plant Name 32.00 STERCULIACEAE Brachychiton populneus Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Fibre Vernacular Name
Iso Country Australia TDWG Region Australia
Parts Held Fibre Geography Description Australia, Victoria
Uses FibreUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Not defined TDWG use MATERIALS - Fibres
Storage Bottles, boxes etc Related Items
Donor Guilfoyle WR, Dir Melbourne Bot Gard Donor No
Donor Date Donor Notes
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Label source: A glabrous tree of pyramidal growth ('Currijong' of the Aborigines) attaining a height of 40 feet or more. It has a thick swollen trunk from which fact it is known to the settlers as the bottle-tree. Fibre coarse, strong and elastic.
Determinations:32.00 STERCULIACEAE Brachychiton populneus R.Br.
    32.00 STERCULIACEAE Sterculia diversifolia G.Don.

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