Wood Anatomy of the Neotropical Sapotaceae. XIV. Elaeoluma.

Abstract

The genus Elaeoluma consists of three species distributed in the Amazon Basin, Surinam, Guyana, and Venezuela. The description presented here is based on E. glabrescens of the Amazon Basin. The wood is easily differentiated from all other neotropical Sapotaceae by its pale brown color, reticulate parenchyma, which is hardly discernable with a hand lens, and a low specific gravity averaging 0.50. Whether the correct nomenclature is Elaeoluma or Gymnoluma is problematical and remains to be resolved by a monographer. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA090263

Entities

People

  • B. F. Kukachka

Organizations

  • Forest Products Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

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  • Accumulators
  • Agreements
  • Agriculture
  • Behavior And Behavior Mechanisms
  • Buildings And Structures
  • Chemical Analysis
  • Continents
  • Cooperation
  • Diameters
  • Ecosystems
  • Families (Human)
  • Identification
  • Literature
  • Low Density
  • Materials
  • New York
  • Specific Gravity

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  • Environmental science

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