VARIATION IN ANATOMICAL PROPERTIES OF THREE MALAYSIAN BAMBOOS FROM NATURAL STANDS
Keywords:
Malaysian bamboos, natural stands, age, height, anatomical propertiesAbstract
The variation in anatomical characteristics with reference to the distribution and size of the vascular bundles and fibre dimensions of 1- to 3-y-old Bambusa blumeana, B. vulgaris and Gigantochloa scortechinii was investigated . With the exception of the radial/tangential ratio of vascular bundles in B. blumeana and B. vulgaris, and the fibre length of G. scortechinii, all the anatomical properties studied were insignificantly correlated with age and height of the culms.