Wood - Specimen details
Catalogue Number: 72238 | |||||
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No Image | Plant Name | 66.00 COMBRETACEAE Terminalia sericea | Entry Book Number | 62.1992.3 | |
Artefact Name | Wood | Vernacular Name | |||
Iso Country | Botswana | TDWG Region | Botswana | ||
Parts Held | Wood | Geography Description | Botswana, Kgatleng District, On Gaborone to Francistown road | ||
Uses | WoodUse: FUELS - Fuelwood User: Not defined | TDWG use | FUELS - Fuelwood | ||
Storage | Woods size B | Related Items | |||
Donor | Donor No | ||||
Donor Date | Donor Notes | ||||
Collector | Terry J, Cook FEM, Sydes CL, Morve FW, Hargreves BJ, Rapekenene K, Tlale M | Collector No | 173 | ||
Collection Notes | Collection Date | 13/04/1990 | |||
Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
Number Components | Publication | ||||
Notes: | Label source: 0.5km down left hand side turning. 64km from Gaborone North entrance on Gaborone to Francistown Road towards Mahalapye Small tree c.3m, within area there are specimens that are taller and also bushes. Trunk d.b.h 9cm. branching at 70cm.bar, k grey longitudinally fissured. Slash yellow brown. Abundance: the most common species at this site. Site: in open deciduous shrubland - woodland. Cattle grazing. Species present: Dichrostachys cinerea, Acacia spp, Grewia, Commiphora. Grasses are mainly, Eragrostis rigidio... and Aristida. Ground cover incomplete. Soil red sand. Notes: Palgrave (1977) says this is a good fuel but Rapekenene (Botswana driver) says Dichrostachys cinerea is better. Other material - photo FC.AU9. Wakehurst Place Seed Bank. Du, plicates GAB, Wakehurst Place |