Bark - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 68804 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 29.01 DIPTEROCARPACEAE Shorea balangeran | Entry Book Number | 12.1991 | |
| Artefact Name | Bark | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Indonesia | TDWG Region | Indonesia | ||
| Parts Held | Bark | Geography Description | Indonesia, West Kalimantan, Western part of Danau Sentarum Wildlife Reserve, Near western shore Danau Seriang, Sungei Seriang | ||
| Uses | BarkUse: MATERIALS User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Leiden Herbarium | Donor No | 141 | ||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | ||||
| Collector | Giesen Wim, World Wildlife Fund | Collector No | |||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | 05/08/1986 | |||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Label source: Site; Inundated forest, type 2, with S. balabgeran, Garcinia sp., Eugenia sp. , Fagraea fragrans. Inundated by 2-2.5m annually. Soil; kaolinillite clay. Habit; Erect tree, about 16m tall. In lake area its size is variable , ranging from ama, x. of some 20m in the north-west, to almost 50m in the central-south-east area. Perhaps age-classing due to periodic fires? Trunk; 50cm at breast height; bark; dark brown to almost black, hard, fissured; slash; reddish-brown; wood; white; resin clear. Fru, it; light reddish-brown & green. Odour; Leaves and twigs have a sweet, spicy odour. Note; Timber is excellent, very durable and easy to work and handle; locally =no.1 wood type for boat construction. 44 2 89. | ||||