Wood - Specimen details

Wood - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 72897

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Plant Name 57.01 LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE Andira fraxinifolia 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 Una, 8km rd to Independencia, off rd Olivenca-Una to Pedras
Uses WoodUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
Storage Woods size B Related Items
Donor Donor No
Donor Date Donor Notes
Collector Pennington RT, de Carvalho AM, de Carvalho FA Collector No 236
Collection Notes Collection Date 26/05/1991
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Trees of Brazil. Arboreal restinga on sand. Tree 10m x 25cm. Bole ca 2.5m cylindrical. No buttresses. Bark brown marked grey brown with lichen, fissuring vertically & flaking easily. Slash pale red brown 6-7mm. Wood cream. Leaflets with reddish b, rown indumentum on lower surfaces. Fruit 4-5.5cm long; 3.2-4.0cm high; 3.0-4cm wide. Surface dark green, wrinkled, smelling sweet. Mesocarp 4-5mm, lime green, fibrous; endocarp dark brown, hard woody. Seed white. Voucher for cpDNA study.

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