Studies on the Durability and Anatomy of certain Woods of a few Dicotyledonous Taxa

Abstract

quotABSTRACT newlineResults from accelerated laboratory tests on the dura bility of the wood of three taxa belonging to Meliaceae, viz., _pora gpsctab[Lis Mia., 4ylg£.a5Pu_gbgyatugs_. Juss. and newlineToon gi Tits ioe. and onat or post~nsea, Aesculug Dipgeastat_L. +gainst olggorus versicolgr ( Whit-re) newlinean ?_paluStrig (~ bro-rt, ve son tit in general newlinethe outer eartwood of these taxa is more resistant than the newlineinner, though to varying degrees, in the different species newlineto the two test fungi. Such variation is also observed within newlineone tree, A· hi9ogasang in that the outer heartwood at the newlinebase is more resistant than that at higher levels, while the newlinereverse is the case with respect to the inner heartwood.quot newline newline