Section of wooden pile - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 66116 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 29.01 DIPTEROCARPACEAE Shorea collina | Entry Book Number | 28.1917 | |
| Artefact Name | Section of wooden pile | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Singapore | TDWG Region | Singapore | ||
| Parts Held | Section of wooden pile | Geography Description | Singapore, Keppel Harbour | ||
| Uses | Section of wooden pileUse: MATERIALS - Wood User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Wood | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Drewry T | Donor No | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: T Drewry, 58 Claremont Rd, Forest Gate. The wood belongs to one of the Dipterocarpaceae apparently a species of Shorea. It may perhaps be Shorea collina, for which Burn-Murdoch (Trees & Timbers of the Malay Peninsula, part 1 p.13) gives the, vernacular name of Balau bukit LAB 28.8.17 Ballah is a heavy hard wood much used in the Straits Settlements where it grows. Ballah Bunga (or flowering ballah) is said to be of a better quality than ordinary ballah, it has a long straight grain and is m, uch used for beams it has a more pungent smell than ordinary ballah. In 1905 Bunga ballah cost 45 dollars per ton in the rough in Singapore, since then all ballah wood has become more appreciated and costly, the ballah pile from which this specimen was cu, t was drawn up in 1907 in Keppel Harbour. From its appearance it had not been in the water for water. Signed by Thos Drewry. Letter - Peninsula & Oriental Steam Navigation Co, Royal Albert Docks London 26 June 1916, J Masters Hilliers Esq, Dear Sir, Encl, osed please find a short description of Ballah wood and the specimen sent herewith. The specimen clearly shows the ravages of the Toledo worm which is very active in those waters. To my best belief I have spelled Ballah and Bunga correctly but am not very, sure. Trusting that it will be of interest to you. I remain Sir Yours faithfully Thos Drewry. | ||||