Wood - Specimen details

Wood - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 70925

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Plant Name 34.02 ERYTHROXYLACEAE Erythroxylon sp Entry Book Number 56.1933
Artefact Name Wood Vernacular Name
Iso Country Brazil TDWG Region Brazil
Parts Held Wood Geography Description Brazil
Uses WoodUse: MATERIALS User: Not defined TDWG use MATERIALS
Storage Woods size A Related Items
Donor Bowes Loddiges G Donor No
Donor Date Donor Notes
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Label source: See note books held in Archives from Bowes for details Specimen of wood of Brazil rec'd from Lisbon. Sent by Sylveira Arco or bow from its being proper for making bows is called in Brazil guira-pariba, it is very tough and flexible, there s, eems to be several sorts. The first is close and beautifully veined. Branco or white is very straight grained. Another Branco which I have in the list distinguished by (escuro) dark, seems as dark as the Pardo or brown, perhaps the same & by mistake named, branco. These are used for shafts of chaises.

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