Comparison of physical and mechanical properties of four rattan species grown in China

Journal of Wood Science

Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 2 The basic density in different cane height of four rattan species (g/cm³)

Height	C. simplicifolius		C. nambariensis var. xishuangbannaensis		C. nambariensis var. yingjiangensis		C. yunnanensis
Height	Cortex	Core	Cortex	Core	Cortex	Core	Cane
1	0.57	0.36	0.52	0.33	0.67	0.37	0.39
2	0.55	0.36	0.5	0.36	0.52	0.33	0.59
3	0.52	0.32	0.54	0.35	0.53	0.32	0.48
4	0.5	0.32			0.64	0.41	0.43
5	0.49	0.3			0.64	0.37	0.43
Average 1	0.53	0.33	0.52	0.35	0.60	0.36	0.46
Average 2	0.43		0.43		0.48		0.46