Use of wood characters in the identification of selected timber species in Nigeria

Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 28-32

  Jayeola, Adeniyi Akanni ^a   Aworinde, David Olaniyan ^b   Folorunso, Abayomi Ezekiel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^c OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Character; CITIES listed; Fragment; Identification; Timber

Indexed keywords

AFZELIA AFRICANA; ANOGEISSUS LEIOCARPA; ANTIARIS; ANTIARIS TOXICARIA; CORDIA; KHAYA IVORENSIS; MANSONIA ALTISSIMA; MILICIA EXCELSA; TECTONA GRANDIS; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA IVORENSIS; TRIPLOCHITON SCLEROXYLON;

EID: 77951902897     PISSN: 0255965X     EISSN: 18424309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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