Wood - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 7227 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 57.02 LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE Eperua falcata | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Wood | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Guyana | TDWG Region | Guyana | ||
| Parts Held | Wood | Geography Description | British Guiana | ||
| Uses | WoodUse: MATERIALS User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS | ||
| Storage | Woods size B | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Great Exhib. 1851 | Donor No | 90 | ||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | Duggan JBx0Dx0A | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: This wood is the heart of the upper portion of the ? Tree which have been felled in the forests and from ? wood has decayed. These are much used as paling posts and for outdoor purposes, being found to be durable as to be almost ?They are a, bout to be used as sleepers on the Demerary ? which purpose it is supposed they will prove to be peculiarly ? The defect of Wallaba and of its Tacouba is its inability to ? strain. It therefore should not be used for beams longer ? | ||||