Wood - Specimen details

Wood - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 70504

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Plant Name 112.01 BORAGINACEAE Cordia alliodora Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Wood Vernacular Name
Iso Country Brazil TDWG Region Brazil
Parts Held Wood Geography Description Brazil, Southern America
Uses WoodUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
Storage Woods size B Related Items
Donor Donor No 1
Donor Date Donor Notes
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Label source: Empire of Brazil, Vienna Exhibition 1873, 39. Brown louro = Cordia excelsa, Yellow louro = C. alliodora, Emp of Brazil Ex 1876.. 47.x0Dx0Ax0Dx0AA scanned image of the wood was included in the appendix of: Adam Bowett (2012) Woods in British Furnit, ure-Making, 1400-1900: An Illustrated Historical Dictionary. Kew, Eng.: Oblong Creative Ltd. in association with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2012. xxxiii + 360 pp x0Dx0AIn 2009 Campbell Norman-Smith of Buckinghamshire New University sanded and cleaned the rev, erse side of the sample (the side to be scanned), then coated the right hand side of this surface with 2 coats of superfine white shellac and isopropynol alcohol whilst the left hand side was left unvarnished. x0Dx0A
Determinations:112.01 BORAGINACEAE Cordia alliodora (Ruiz. & Pav.) Cham.
    112.01 BORAGINACEAE Cordia frondosa Schott.

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