Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Kedondong


Kedondong
In a family of Burseraceae. It occurs mainly in the lowland forests. The grain is interlocked and the texture is moderately fine and even. The vessels are medium-sized and moderately few or moderately numerous with simple perforations, mostly solitary, the rest in radial pairs and multiples of 2 to 6 in a series. Tyloses are sparse or ill-developed in some species but well-developed and moderately abundant in others. The tree commonly 80 to 100 ft in height with trunk diameters of 2 to 3 ft. Varies with species and may reach a height of 180 ft with a diameter of 5 ft. Boles with small to prominent buttresses.

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