Wood - Specimen details

Wood - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 72884

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Plant Name 57.01 LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE Andira nitida Entry Book Number 65.1992
Artefact Name Wood Vernacular Name
Iso Country Brazil TDWG Region Brazil
Parts Held Wood Geography Description Bahia, Southern America, Brazil, Brazil Northeast, Mun. de Ilheus, S of Olivenca (hilltop)
Uses WoodUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
Storage Woods size B Related Items
Donor Donor No
Donor Date Donor Notes
Collector Pennington RT Collector No 187
Collection Notes Collection Date 07/05/1991
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Trees of Brazil. Edge of cleared area in scrubby restinga on white sand. Shrub 2m. Bark bleached grey-brown, fissuring vertically, flaking slightly. Slash buff 1-2mm, then pale brown 1-2mm. Wood quite soft with concentric rings of brown and buff, dar, k ring at centre. Leaf uppersurface with slight glaucous bloom. Leaf under surfaces and young twigs with red brown indumentum just discernable with alens. Sterile voucher for cpDNA studies.

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