Wood - Specimen details

Wood - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 9561

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Plant Name 67.01 MYRTACEAE Eucalyptus melliodora Entry Book Number 13.1953
Artefact Name Wood Vernacular Name
Iso Country Australia TDWG Region Australia
Parts Held Wood Geography Description Australia, New South Wales
Uses WoodUse: MATERIALS - Wood User: Man TDWG use MATERIALS - Wood
Storage Woods size B Related Items
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Notes: Label source: A pale yellowish-coloured, hard, close-textured timber. The common name is derived from the yellow colour of the inside of the bark. It is usually regarded as a very durable timber, but it is subject to pipe in the centre and is rarely mill, ed. Suitable for bridge decking, ship-building, sleepers, posts and heavy constructional and waggon work. In favourable localities it reaches a height of 90 ft. and up tp 10 ft. girth, but is often stunted, gnarled and twisted. One of the most widely dist, ributed trees in inland tablelands and slopes of New South Wales, extending to parts of western plains. Scattered throughout Victoria at lower elevations extending to southern Queensland. H- very hard. W= 48-69 lb. per. cub. ft.

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