Wood - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 9561 | |||||
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| No Image | 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 | |||
| Donor | Div. of Wood Tech., Forestry Comm. of N.S.W | Donor No | |||
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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. | ||||