Wood - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 72242 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 57.02 LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE Colophospermum mopane | Entry Book Number | 62.1992.4 | |
| Artefact Name | Wood | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Botswana | TDWG Region | Botswana | ||
| Parts Held | Wood | Geography Description | Botswana, Central District, See notes for details | ||
| Uses | WoodUse: FUELS - Fuelwood User: Man | TDWG use | FUELS - Fuelwood | ||
| Storage | Woods size B | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Donor No | ||||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | ||||
| Collector | Terry J, Cook FEM, Sydes CL, Morwe FW, Hargreaves BJ, Rapekenene K, Tlale M | Collector No | 185 | ||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | 16/04/1990 | |||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Label source: Herbarium Kewensis. 2.7 km from Mogapinyana along unmetalled road to Sephophe. Tree to 7m. well branched, first branching at 1.1m. diam. at waist height 15cm. Bark fissured longitudinally and criss-crossed: grey. Slash reddish brown. Abunda, nce: dominant species - occurs as a mosaic of trees and shrubs. Site: shrubland with trees admixed, canopy almost complete. Grazed. Species present: ground cover is sparse with only a few grasses and forbs, including Xerophyta. Soil: hard. Notes: this spe, cies is the host for the mopane caterpillar which are harvested, boiled to kill them and then salted and dried. Many poeple were seen in the area yesterday doing this work. Sackfuls of the processed grubs were being transported. (Photos FC AU 53, 54& 64 s, how the caterpillar - Ginimbrasia belina). Excellent fuelwood & wood used for other items. Other material: Photo FC AU 55, 56, & 58. Wood sample & edible grubs Economic Botany Collection (K.). Wakehurst Place Seed Bank. Duplicates:GAB. Wakehurst Place. | ||||