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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 4 Mean values per site and tree for selected wood properties of Melia azedarach

From: Variation in intrinsic wood properties of Melia azedarach L. planted in northern Vietnam

Category

Growth ring width (mm)

Specific gravity

Fiber length (mm)

Microfibril angle (°)

Tree no.

 1

8.13 ± 0.63a

0.536 ± 0.008bc

1.05 ± 0.01c

16.86 ± 0.28a

 2

6.53 ± 0.62a

0.548 ± 0.008b

1.03 ± 0.01c

15.56 ± 0.30b

 3

8.64 ± 0.55a

0.523 ± 0.008c

0.98 ± 0.01d

15.95 ± 0.31b

 4

6.76 ± 0.74a

0.572 ± 0.008a

1.15 ± 0.01a

13.70 ± 0.23c

 5

7.57 ± 0.34a

0.548 ± 0.006b

1.10 ± 0.01b

13.23 ± 0.23cd

 6

7.11 ± 0.49a

0.557 ± 0.008ab

1.10 ± 0.01b

12.58 ± 0.25d

Site

 1

7.73 ± 0.35a

0.536 ± 0.005b

1.02 ± 0.01b

16.12 ± 0.17a

 2

7.15 ± 0.32a

0.559 ± 0.004a

1.12 ± 0.01a

13.17 ± 0.14b

Mean

7.44 ± 0.24

0.548 ± 0.003

1.07 ± 0.01

14.65 ± 0.12

  1. Mean values are followed by standard errors
  2. a,b,c,dMeans with different superscript within a column significantly differ (P < 0.05)