Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Mohammad hadi Aryaei monfared ¹
• Hossein Tavakoli ²
• Hossein Hosseinkhani ³

¹ 1Ph.D. Candidate of Pulp and Paper Technology, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources

² Academic member of research center of agricultural and natural resources, khorasan razavi province

³ Wood Science & Forest Products Research Division Research Institute of Forests & Rangelands Tehran, Iran

Abstract

One of the lesser known local woody species of the Zirkooh-Qhaen in the east of Iran is Ammodendron persicum with the traditional name of Divdal. In this study three selected logs were used for study of wood properties. For the first time wood of this desert species was studied from different physical and anatomical aspects. The results showed that Ammodendron ʼs wood is a ring -porous hardwood that all parts of its cross section have long rays that is visible with naked eye. In the study of physical properties of Ammodendron̛ ҆s wood apparent density and dry one respectively was 1.125 and 0.92 g/Cm³ that put this wood to the very dense category. 

Keywords

• physical properties
• wood
• Ammodendron persicum
• Density