Characterization of anatomical, morphological, physical and chemical properties of Konar (Ziziphus spina-christi) wood

Ghalehno, Mohammad Dahmardeh (author), Sheshkal, Babak Nosrati (author), Kool, Farhad (author), Humar, Miha (author), Bahmani, Mohsen (author)

The goal of this research is to investigate some morphological (fibre length, fibre diameter, cell wall thickness, Runkel coefficient, flexibility coefficient, slenderness coefficient, rigidity coefficient, Luce's coefficient, solid coefficient), physical (dry wood density, volumetric shrinkage) and chemical (cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, ash and acetone soluble extractives contents) composition of Konar (Ziziphus spina-christi) wood grown in Hormozgan province, Iran. For this purpose, three normal trees were selected randomly and a disk was cut from each one at breast height. Anatomical inspection revealed that the species was diffuse porous, with distinctive growth rings, simple preformation plate, with polygonal openings, and banded or diffuse-in aggregates parenchyma. The average values of wood dry density, fiber length, fiber diameter, cell wall thickness, Runkel coefficient, flexibility coefficient, felting coefficient, Luce’s coefficient, solid coefficient, rigidity coefficient were 0.926, 52.1, 77.85, 0.57, 163 ×103 μ3 and 0.48. Cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, acetone soluble, extractives, ashcontents were43.34, 19.98, 33.9, 6.42 and 2.78%, resp.

• Language: English
• Keywords: Konar wood, Ziziphus spina-christi, density, fiberr, morphological properties
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: BF - Biotechnical Faculty
• Year: 2021
• Number of pages: Str. 912-920
• Numbering: Vol. 66, no. 6
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-134190
• UDC: 630*8
• ISSN on article: 1336-4561
• DOI: 10.37763/wr.1336-4561/66.6.912920
• COBISS.SI-ID: 90129155
• Publication date in RUL: 28.12.2021

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Wood research
• Publisher: Slovak Forest Products Research Institute
• ISSN: 1336-4561
• COBISS.SI-ID: 1157257

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: Kristusov trn, gostota lesa, vlakna, morfološke lastnosti