The buttressed blue marble tree: Wood and growth characteristics of Elaeocarpus angustifolius (Elaeocarpaceae)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-6

  Woodcock, D W ^a   Dos Santos, G ^a   Taylor, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Buttresses; Elaeocarpus angustifolius; Vessel diameter and density; Wood specific gravity

Indexed keywords

BUTTRESS; GROWTH; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; WOOD;

HAWAII; UNITED STATES;

DICOTYLEDONEAE; ELAEOCARPACEAE; ELAEOCARPUS ANGUSTIFOLIUS; HAWAIIA;

EID: 0033979758     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1999.0985     Document Type: Article

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