Abstract
Wood anatomy of 29 specimens of seven species of Amanoa from tropical Africa, South America, and the Caribbean is described. The wood is diffuse-porous with most vessels in short radical multiples. Vessel elements are notably long, have simple perforation plates and small, alternative intervessel pits; tyloses are present in heartwood. Libriform wood fibres bear thick walls. Axial parenchyma distribution is diffuse and diffuse-in-aggregates. Chambered crystalliferous axial parenchyma is common. Rays are heterocellular, narrow, and very tall. The species examined, all from moist lowland forests, have similar wood structure. Wood of Amanoa resembles that of other primitive Euphorbiaceae.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1993
Publisher Statement
Copyright © 1993, International Association of Wood Anatomists. This article first appeared in IAWA Journal: 14:2 (1993), 205-213.
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Recommended Citation
Hayden, W. John, Mark P. Simmons, and Linda J. Swanson. "Wood Anatomy of Amanoa (Euphorbiaceae)." IAWA Journal 14, no. 2 (1993): 205-13.
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