Rainbow Quiz Can You See The Wood For The Trees

[brock1562]

tree damaged at penultimate northern station... (5,3)
shrew wandering in a wood (4)
top drawer footnote about a fabulous poisoner (4)
made urn from hard inner wood (7)

any clues please? thanks

[geevo41]

UPAS - latex was used on poison arrows

U - posh, top drawer
PS - footnote About A

[geevo41]

https://naturespoisons.com/2019/07/17/antiarin-upas-tree-antiaris-toxicaria/

[JJ109]

Burnt Oak
Teak = Kate (taming of the shrew)

[JJ109]

Duramen (anagram)

[Loverman]

Help with:-
72. A tree so rare around the centre of woodlands bears fruit (8)
88. Nice help I arranged for Diana with a crossword (6, 6)

[ProfessorMaisie]

72 is just an anagram of A TREE SO + L ('centre of woodLands')
88 '(Diana) MONKEY' + generic name for a 'crossword'

[JJ109]

88 "Nice help I" is an anagram of its other name