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PALAQUIUM GUTTA [1 record]

Record 1 2016-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

An Indian timber tree ... of the family Sapotaceae that yields a moderately hard, heavy and durable reddish to reddish brown straight or wavy grained lumber which is used esp. for joinery, furniture, cooperage, and planking.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Le palaquium est un arbre de 25 m environ de hauteur; à feuilles simples, alternes, coriaces, couvertes d'un duvet roussâtre à la face inférieure, vert foncé en dessus. (Ce genre d'arbres) fournit la gutta-percha et deux bois commerciaux, le bitis et la nyatoh. (Famille des Sapotacées.).

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