Wood - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 881 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 18.00 PITTOSPORACEAE Bursaria spinosa | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Wood | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Australia | TDWG Region | Australia | ||
| Parts Held | Wood | Geography Description | Australia , Tasmania | ||
| Uses | WoodUse: User: Not defined | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Woods size B | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Paris Exhib. 1855 | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | Hood RLx0Dx0A | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Label source: R L Hood, carver, builder, & picture frame maker, Liverpool Street Hobart town. Wood extremely hard & even grained. Bursaria spinosa Cav. A tree about 40ft high, native of North, West, & South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victori, a & Tasmania, in which island it is known as boxwood. It has been reported upon as being equal to common or inferior box, & with further trials might be found suitable for common subjects; it has the disadvantage, however, of blunting the edges and points, of tools. | ||||