Abstract

Samples from stump height and 50 percent and 75 percent of total tree height were analysed for density in teak (Tectona grandis), benteak (Lagerstroemia microcarpa), cashew (Anacardium occidentale), coral tree (Erythrina stricta), dhaman (Grewia tiliifolia), dillenia (Dillenia pentagyna), gurjan (Dipterocarpus indicus), irul (Xylia xylocarpa), kindal (Terminalia paniculata), padri (Stereospermum chelonoides) and rubberwood (Hevea brasiliensis) . The radial pattern of density variation differed between species and within species between trees at similar height and within single trees between heights. Density varied relatively little from pith to bark, however, the tendency for minimum density to occur near the bark is more common in tropical hardwoods than in softwoods