Wood Specimen's Information:  

 
  Museum Floor  &  Size of Specimens :

First floor, Timber Cylindrical Log
  Specimen's Access Number :

CBRw023
  Binomial Name of Specimen :

Gluta travancorica
  Specimen's Collector Name :

R.O,

  Specimen's Collection Area :

Ambasamudram, Tamil Nadu
 

Specimen's Collection Date

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  Specimen's Collection Country :

India
  Specimen's Collection Continent :

Asia
  Number of Specimen Available :

1
  Whether it is available for mutual exchange :

Yes
Scientific Classification of Wood Specimen:  

 
  Kingdom :

Plantae
  Division :

Magnoliophyta
 

Class

 :

Magnoliopsida
  Order :

Sapindales
  Family :

Anacardiaceae
  Genus :

Gluta

  Subgenus :

 
  Species :

Gluta travancorica
 

Author of Species

 :

Bedd
  Common/Trade Name :

Tinne-red, Gluta, Velly wood, Thodapei, Senkurnnji, Shencuran.
  Vernacular Name :

Malayalam: Chenkurunchi
  Distribution of Species :

It is endemic to India.
 

Uses

 :

The wood is little used, but its splendid colour and markings made it as a valuable wood for furniture.
  Normal Picture of Specimens :

 
  Anatomical Picture of Specimens :

 

 

 

 

 

References :

 

  

  1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluta_travancorica

  2. http://www.chennaimuseum.org/draft/gallery/05/01/botany5.htm

  3. http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropView? Id=6456

  4. World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Gluta travancorica. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 August 2007.