Wood - Specimen details
Catalogue Number: 70144 | |||||
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No Image | Plant Name | 123.00 MYOPORACEAE Eremophila mitchelli | Entry Book Number | 30.1934 | |
Artefact Name | Wood | Vernacular Name | |||
Iso Country | Australia | TDWG Region | Australia | ||
Parts Held | Wood | Geography Description | Australia | ||
Uses | WoodUse: MATERIALS - Wood User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Wood | ||
Storage | Woods size B | Related Items | |||
Donor | Technological Museum Sydney | Donor No | 2 ? | ||
Donor Date | Donor Notes | Dalbyx0Dx0A | |||
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Notes: | Label source: A pale yellowish-brown, close textured, rather greasy, aromatic timber with lighter coloured streaks running through it. The medullary rays are very small and numerous, the growth rings giving the timber figure. Although hard, it is an easy, timber to work, and polishes well. Suitable for small cabinet work and panelling, veneers, turnery, fancy boxes, brush backs, and similar ornamental purposes. A medium sized tree of 50 to 60 feet, fairly plentiful in some localities, found in the interio, r of Queensland, New South Wales, and South Australia. H= very hard. W= About 68lb per cu ft. |