Wood - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 70994 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 187.00 PALMAE Corypha sp | 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 User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS | ||
| Storage | Woods size A | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Bowes Loddiges G | Donor No | 7 | ||
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| Notes: | Label source: See note books in Archives from Bowes for details Sent by D.G.R. (from note book) Thatch trees according to Brown is Corypha 1st & Palma 6th it is uncertain of which is the wood. Thatch tree or lesser Palmeto or Palma non spinosa minor -Th, e leaves are used for thatching houses & the stalks for baskets and chair bottoms. Thrinax parviflora Brown calls it Corypha, the wood is used for piles in the sea. Fol 190 Brown. | ||||