Wood - Specimen details
Catalogue Number: 70946 | |||||
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No Image | Plant Name | 31.02 BOMBACACEAE Bombax ceiba | Entry Book Number | 56.1933 | |
Artefact Name | Wood | Vernacular Name | |||
Iso Country | Jamaica | TDWG Region | Jamaica | ||
Parts Held | Wood | Geography Description | Jamaica | ||
Uses | WoodUse: MATERIALS - Wood User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Wood | ||
Storage | Woods size A | Related Items | |||
Donor | Bowes Loddiges G | Donor No | 78 | ||
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Notes: | Label source: See note books in Archives from Bowes for details Sent by D.G.R. Also listed as Bombax pentandrum and Ceiba sp Cotton tree or silk cotton tree is the largest that grows in Jamaica. Perighas or Canoes are made of the trunk some so large as t, o carry 40 men, the wood is soft and spongy. |