CHARACTERISTICS AND VOLUME-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP OF FOUR MALAYSIAN BAMBOOS

Abstract

Mensurational attributes, such as average number of internodes, internode length, culm wall thickness, circumference of node and internodes, weight of culm, branch and leaf of four Malaysian bamboos were determined. Data were gathered from 26 to 173 culms of four species in Kedah and Perlis. Significant linear relationships between weight and solid volume of the bamboo were observed for all the species studied. Their corresponding regression equations were also determined. Bambusa blumeana had the biggest mean culm wall thickness and mean dbh, followed by Gigantochloa scortechinii. Schizostachyum grande had the longest mean internode and S. zollingeri the thinnest culm wall at the base and apex.