Wood - Specimen details

Wood - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 72904

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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 Morro do Chapeu, 18km from Morro on BR052
Uses WoodUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
Storage Woods size B Related Items
Donor Donor No
Donor Date Donor Notes
Collector Pennington RT, Brito HS Collector No 251
Collection Notes Collection Date 30/05/1991
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Trees of Brazil. Roadside, sandy soil. Small 2 stemmed tree, 3m x 4cm x 7cm. Bark greyish brown, fissuring vertically and flaking slightly. Slash 4mm, buff. Wood cream streaked buff. Leaves to 10cm, thickly coriaceous. Leaflets with thick red brown, indumentum beneath. Fruit sweet smelling, green the surface smooth, slightly waxy and sticky. Mature fruits 3.5-4.0cm long; 2.7-3.2cm high; 2.6-3.2cm wide. Mesocarp 2mm, fibrous, lime green; endocarp 3-4mm, brown, woody. Seed cream. Voucher for cpDN, A study.

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