Characterization of Anatomical and Non-Anatomical Properties for the Identification of Six Commercial Wood Species from Vietnamese Plantation Forests

This study investigated the anatomical and non-anatomical characteristics of six wood species, Acacia mangium, hybrid, Dillenia pentagyna, Anacardium occidentale, Hevea brasiliensis, Melaleuca cajuputi, from a plantation in Vietnam. The were observed following International Association Wood Anatomists (IAWA) list. All species showed diffuse porosity non-septate fibers. Exclusively solitary vessels only M. cajuputi. Vestured pits A. tyloses found occidentale H. brasiliensis. We vasicentric axial parenchyma whereas was D. pentagyna Further, prismatic crystals cells existed raphides ray pentagyna. Silica bodies brasiliensis exhibited greatest vessel diameter height, with exhibiting fiber length wall thickness. considerable differences heartwood fluorescence, water ethanol extract colors, froth test reactions.