Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society
Table 3 Wood anatomical characteristics related to acetylation solution flow of nine tropical hardwood species in Costa Rica [25]
Anatomical characteristics | Cedrela odorata | Cordia alliodora | Enterolobium cyclocarpum | Gmelina arborea | Hieronyma alchorneoides | Samanea saman | Tectona grandis | Vochysia ferruginea | Vochysia guatemalensis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vessels | |||||||||
FP (vessel mm−2) | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 4–5 | 4 | 2–3 | 3 |
DV (µm) | 125 | 166 | 167 | 189 | 116 | 152 | 150 | 145 | 169 |
Deposits | G | T | G | T | G | G | G | – | – |
DPI | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
Radial parenchyma | |||||||||
Ray height | 104 | 870 | 252 | 270 | 560 | 250 | 440 | 580 | 229 |
Cells in ray width | 4–10 | 2–6 | 1–3 | 1–3, 4–10 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 1–3, 4–10 | 1–3 | 1–3, 4–10 |
Ray frequency per tang. mm | 2 | 3 | 6–7 | 6 | 7 | 6–7 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
Axial parenchyma | |||||||||
PA | – | – | – | – | + | + | – | – | – |
PP | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
BP | – | + | – | – | – | – | + | – | + |