Anatomical and physical properties of three lesser-known timber species from Malaysia

Siam, Nordahlia Abdullah; Lipeh, Shahlinney; Uyup, Mohd Khairun Anwar; Juhari, Muhammad Amirul Aiman Ahmad; Talip, Noraini; Amri, Che Nurul Aini Che; Abdullah, Nor Azahana

doi:10.15376/biores.17.1.1090-1105

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“…Fibres with a Runkel ratio less than 1 (< 1) produce high-quality pulp and paper because they have a large surface area for bonding (Jang and Seth 1998;Kiaei 2011). This species' slenderness ratio is greater than 33, which indicates that it will provide better forming and well-bonded paper (Xu et al 2006;H'ng et al 2016;Nordahlia et al 2022).…”

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Effect of tree age on the properties of Himalayan birch (Betula alnoides Buch.-H.ex D.Don) wood

Uyup,

Zhang,

Feng

et al. 2023

BioRes

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The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of four different age groups on wood properties, i.e., anatomical, physical, and mechanical, of Himalayan birch (Betula alnoides Buch.-H.ex D.Don). The correlation between the properties was also discussed. The results indicated age influences the anatomical, physical, and mechanical properties of Himalayan birch. Results were comparable with other plantation species. Moreover, mechanical properties were highly correlated with the fibre morphology in Himalayan birch. Results from this present study indicate that the 15-, 20-, and 25-year-old Himalayan birch are suitable to be used for parquet, furniture, and other products. Generally, plantation-grown Himalayan birch has the potential to be a raw material to fulfill the demand for the timber industry.

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Effect of tree age on the properties of Himalayan birch (Betula alnoides Buch.-H.ex D.Don) wood

Uyup,

Zhang,

Feng

et al. 2023

BioRes

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“…Numerous publications in the world have comparatively examined the anatomy of similar tropical woods (Gasson 2010;Sint et al 2013;Hidayat et al 2017;Uetimane et al 2018;Nobre et al 2019;Jayusman and Hakim 2021;Siam et al 2022;Sandratriniaina et al 2022;Kim et al 2023). The basic quantitative and qualitative wood description of Entandrophragma has been described by several researchers (Panshin 1933;Ayensu and Bentum 1974;Wiemann 1994;Rufinatto and Crivellaro 2019;Richter and Dallwitz 2000;Inside Wood 2022).…”

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Macroscopic and microscopic diagnosis of three Entandrophragma species traded in Türkiye

Hızal,

Koçer

2024

BioRes

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The anatomical characteristics are highlighted for Entandrophragma cylindricum, Entandrophragma utile, and Entandrophragma angolense. Wood samples, which were previously obtained from commercial timber industries in the Marmara region of Türkiye and used as course materials, were used. Qualitative and quantitative anatomical characteristics were determined. Qualitatively, characters such as distinct growth rings, diffuse-porous wood, deposits in vessel elements, simple perforation plates, alternate intervessel pits, heterogeneous ray type, and septate fibres, were common to all species. The quantitative evaluation showed that there were differences between species. Entandrophragma species differ in some wood characteristics such as the tangential diameter of the vessel, ray height, ray width, and fibre lumen diameter. E. utile had higher values of the mean tangential vessel diameter (180 μm) and fiber lumen diameter (18.4 μm) than the other two species. It is possible to say that the anatomical features of E. cylindricum differ from that of other species and that it will be easier to diagnose among other species. E. cylindricum had the lowest values of the mean tangential vessel diameter (147 μm) and ray height (361 μm). Distinctive characters for E. utile and E. angolense are tangential vessel diameter, vessel length, ray height, ray width, and all fibre dimensions.

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“…As a result, many researchers from South-East Asian and other countries have worked to examine their lesser-known or least-known species resources in an effort to find substitute wood species that could possibly replace commercial timber species. Some of them came from India (Hedge, 2019), Malaysia (Hamdan et al, 2020;Siam et al, 2022), Mozambique (Ali, Uetimane, Lhate, & Terziev, 2008;Uetimane & Ali, 2011), Bangladesh (Chowdhury, Sarker, Deb, & Sonet, 2013;Chowdhury, Hossain, Hossain, Dutta, & Ray, 2017), Ghana (Brunner, Appiah-Kubi, Zurcher, Reinhard, & Kankam, 2008), Peru (Haag, Koch, Melcher, & Welling, 2020), Turkey (Korkut, 2011), Nigeria (Areo, 2021), as well as Indonesia (Damayanti & Rulliaty, 2010;Damayanti & Dewi, 2019;Marbun, Wahyudi, Suryana, & Nawawi, 2019). Observation of the wood's properties is unavoidable if it is to be utilized appropriately.…”

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Anatomical Investigation of Five Genera the Least-Known Timber of Apocynaceae and Their Potential Utilization

Marbun¹,

Astutiputri

Damayanti

et al. 2023

Ina.J.For.Res

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Doubtlessly, wood identification is critically important for a number of sectors, including government organizations, the wooden-based industry, museums, law enforcement, and scientists working in the fields of botany, ecology, forestry, and wood technology. Unfortunately, most wood species listed as “the least-known species” lack essential knowledge or even their anatomical feature and basic properties to promote their usage. This research aimed to investigate the anatomical characteristics and fiber quality of the least-known timber species of Apocynaceae family, which are authentic wood collection from Xylarium Bogoriense, namely , Ervatamia. sphaerocarpa, E. aurantiaca, Kopsia flavida, Lepiniopsis ternatensis, Plumeria acuminata, P. rubra, and Voacanga foetida. Wood samples have indistinct growth ring boundaries, diffuse-porous vessels in diagonal and/or radial pattern, vessels in radial multiples of 4 or more cells, simple perforation plate, alternate intervessel pits; distinct borders of vessel-ray pits, similar with those of intervessel pits in size and shape throughout the ray cell, and septate fibers with simple pits to minutely bordered pits which are common in radial and tangential walls. Based on the fiber length and the derived values of fiber dimension, some species are classified into Quality Class II and III, and the rest of them are classified into Quality Class II or III for pulp and paper manufacturing. Based on general characteristics, commonly Apocynaceae can be used as handicrafts raw material. Based on the fiber quality, some species which are classified into Quality Class II, are predicted to have potential as pulp and paper material with medium quality.

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Anatomical and physical properties of three lesser-known timber species from Malaysia

Cited by 4 publications

References 20 publications

Effect of tree age on the properties of Himalayan birch (Betula alnoides Buch.-H.ex D.Don) wood

Effect of tree age on the properties of Himalayan birch (Betula alnoides Buch.-H.ex D.Don) wood

Macroscopic and microscopic diagnosis of three Entandrophragma species traded in Türkiye

Anatomical Investigation of Five Genera the Least-Known Timber of Apocynaceae and Their Potential Utilization

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