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The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship of oven-dry density, initial moisture content, vascular bundles and shrinkage to stem height and diameter of Cocos nucifera L. High correlations were obtained between initial moisture content and stem height, initial moisture content and oven-dry density, oven-dry density and stem height, vascular bundles per cm2 and stem height, vascular bundles and oven-dry density for cross-sections and shrinkage and vascular bundles per cm2. The high correlations between vascular bundles per cm2 and oven-dry density on the one hand and to shrinkage on the other can be used for visual grading of coconut timber.
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This work was carried out during a tenure as FAO-Ass. Expert at the Coconut Research and Development Project, Zamboanga, Philippines. The assistance of Mr. J. Sulc is gratefully acknowledged. Without the help of the carpenters of the Zamboanga Research Center, as well as of Misses E. Enriquez, V. Mesia, E. Ycaza and of Mr. J. Gross, who carried out the tedious measuring, typing and drafting work, this paper would have been impossible. The author also wishes to express his gratitude to Mr. D. Meadows, Project manager of the Coconut Research and Development Project in the Philippines, Professor Dr. Liese, Professor Dr. Noack, Professor Dr. Parameswaran and Dr. Schwab, Hamburg, for their advice
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Killmann, W. Some physical properties of the coconut palm stem. Wood Sci. Technol. 17, 167–185 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00372314
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00372314