Wood - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 8556 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 58.01 ROSACEAE Prunus serotina | Entry Book Number | 20.1983 | |
| Artefact Name | Wood | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Canada | TDWG Region | Canada | ||
| Parts Held | Wood | Geography Description | Canada | ||
| Uses | WoodUse: MEDICINES User: Man | TDWG use | MEDICINES | ||
| Storage | Woods size B | Related Items | |||
| Donor | BM (Nat. Hist.) | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 00/00/1862 | Donor Notes | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Label source: Grows to an average height of 120 feet, with trunk of uniform size and undivided to the height of 70 feet in the forests, an average diameter of 24 inches, not uncommonly 36 inches, and found 48 inches in diameter. Not very abundant, but fo, und over extensive areas, not in groves, but in single trees and springs up freely and grows rapidly after the primal forests are cleared off. The timber, of a pale red brown, is compact, fine, close-grained and recieves a high polish, and is extensively, used in cabinet work. The bark has a strong bitter taste and is used in medicine as a tonic. The fruit, black when mature, is pleasant to the taste. The timber can be furnished in the Western part of Canada at ? sterling per 1000 cubic feet; freight to Qu, ebec about #11. Specific gravity 0.56; weight of cubic foot 34 lbs. | ||||
| Determinations: | 58.01 ROSACEAE Prunus serotina Ehrhart 58.01 ROSACEAE Cerasus serotina Loisel. | ||||