Tervuren Xylarium Wood Database

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Welcome to the Tervuren Wood Collection database of the Royal Museum for Central Africa.

Search for taxon

Enter a taxon name (familia, genus, species), commercial, vernacular or local name in the boxes below. Examples of entries could be: Sapotaceae, Terminalia or Afzelia bipindensis.

Use the wild card character (%) for partial matches. e.g.: Albizia leb%

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Search for specimens

Enter a Tw-number, country, taxon name (familia, genus, species) in the box below. Examples of entries could be: Tw55847, Angola, Rubiaceae...

A combined search is also possible. e.g.: Rubiaceae Senegal

Use the wild card character (%) for partial matches. e.g.: Albizia leb%

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The database was last updated on: April 4th, 2019