Abstract

Height, diameter, wood density, bark percentage and moisture content were studied in nursery-grown plants of E. tereticornis soon after the first year's growth. Density at stump height was 2. 6 greater than whole-tree density reported in studies of 8-9 yr old trees, while fibres were 22 shorter in the young plants. Bark by wt. was 23. 9, which is similar to that for other young hardwoods. Av. m.c. (DM) was 90. 4. Faster growth was correlated with longer fibres and higher m.c. Growth rate had no significant effect on density and bark. Between-tree variation was small for fibre length, relatively small for density and bark, and large for stem diameter and height