Table 3. Fiber dimensions of 7 mangrove wood species
No. | Wood species | Fiber dimension (mm) | Specific gravity |
Length of fiber | Diameter of fiber | Diameter of lumen | The thickness of the cell wall |
1 | Bruguiera gymnorhiza | 1,405.51 | 27.67 | 13.62 | 7.02 | 0.91 |
2 | Hibiscus tiliaceus | 1,373.49 | 28.15 | 19.96 | 4.09 | 0.54 |
3 | Avicennia alba | 1,357.12 | 25.41 | 14.24 | 5.45 | 0.83 |
4 | Bruguiera cylindrica | 1,353.40 | 26.44 | 12.03 | 7.20 | No data |
5 | Sonneratia ovata | 927.82 | 26.61 | 16.06 | 5.27 | 0.46 |
6 | Sonneratia caseolaris | 1,004.00 | 29.35 | 19.94 | 4.70 | 0.49 |
7 | Excoecaria agallocha | 966.57 | 28.18 | 19.81 | 4.18 | 0.41 |
Data of specific gravity from: Oey (1990).