Abstract

Wood anatomical characteristics useful for distinguishing S. album from O. lanceolata were seriation of rays, type of crystalliferous cells and abundance of extractives. Wood of S. album had 1 to 2 seriate rays, crystals in axial parenchyma cells andscanty extractives; whereas, O. lanceolata had 1- to 3-seriate rays, crystals in ray cells and relatively abundant extractives. The hot water extract of S. album was pale yellowish without traces of red colour while that of O. lanceolata was reddish. Thewood of S. album yielded thrice as much oil as that of O. lanceolata. Oil from S. album contained 46 to 57