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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
William Jackson Hooker
Date:
20 August 1848
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: DC American Letters Volume 70, f.540-541
Summary:

ARW sending dried palm plants; describes Paxiuba palm roots; trees with buttresses to trunks; next week will explore River Tocantins. Describes “milk tree” (“Masseranduba”) whose juice is good substitute for cream, timber strong, fruit delicious, milk makes strong glue. Climate delightful. Is spending most time collecting insects.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
William Jackson Hooker
Date:
1856?
Source of text:
Wallace, A. R. (1856). On the bamboo and durian of Borneo. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany : 8 (8): 225-230
Summary:

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Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project