Accession Number:

ADA090263

Title:

Wood Anatomy of the Neotropical Sapotaceae. XIV. Elaeoluma.

Descriptive Note:

Forest service research paper,

Corporate Author:

FOREST PRODUCTS LAB MADISON WI

Personal Author(s):

• Kukachka,B. F.

Report Date:

1980-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

9.0

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

Descriptors:

• *TREES
• *WOOD
• PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
• ANATOMY
• BRAZIL
• VENEZUELA
• PLANT TISSUE
• GUYANA

Subject Categories:

• Forestry
• Anatomy and Physiology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE