Wood - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 70964 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 57.02 LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE Hymenaea courbaril | 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 - Other Materials/Chemicals User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Other Materials/Chemicals | ||
| Storage | Woods size A | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Bowes Loddiges G | Donor No | 71 | ||
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| Notes: | Label source: See note books in Archives from Bowes for details Sent by D.G.R. (from note book) Locus tree yields a resin called gum Anime which is like gum copal and makes a fine varnish, superior to the Chinese lacca. The locus tree grows to a very con, siderable size and is an excellent timber tree OR The locus or locust tree grows to a considerable size according to Brown is an excellent timber when old else the heart is small it yields a clear resin called gum anime which makes the finest varnish know, n. | ||||