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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 3 Chemical compositions of cumaru and taun woods

From: Comparative studies on microstructures and chemical compositions of cell walls of two solid wood floorings

Species

Extractive/%

Lignin/%

Holocellulose/%

ɑ-cellulose/%

cumaru

7.85 ± 0.38

23.4 ± 1.07

64.3 ± 0.21

53.0 ± 0.32

taun

3.94 ± 0.66

22.0 ± 0.37

64.8 ± 0.37

48.2 ± 0.16