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Madera y bosques

versión On-line ISSN 2448-7597versión impresa ISSN 1405-0471

Madera bosques vol.23 no.1 Xalapa mar. 2017

https://doi.org/10.21829/myb.2017.2311534 

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Variation in wood physical properties within stems of Guazuma crinita, a timber tree species in the Peruvian Amazon

Variación de las propiedades físicas en troncos de Guazuma crinita, una especie maderable en el Amazonas Peruano

Lady L. Tuisima-Coral1  4 

Joel E. Odicio-Guevara2 

John C. Weber3 

David Lluncor-Mendoza4 

Bohdan Lojka1  * 

1Czech University of Life Sciences Prague. Department of Crop Sciences and Agroforestry, Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences. Prague, Czech Republic.

2University of the Peruvian Amazon. Faculty of Agroforestry and Aquaculture. Yarinacocha, Pucallpa, Peru.

3World Agroforestry Centre. Lima, Peru.

4National University of Ucayali. Faculty of Forest and Environmental Sciences. Pucallpa, Peru.


Abstract

An understanding of wood physical properties and the interrelationships that govern them is required for efficient utilization of timber tree species. Guazuma crinita is a fast-growing timber tree of agroforestry systems in the Peruvian Amazon. The aim of this study was to assess variation in wood physical properties within the G. crinita stem. Wood samples were obtained from the base, middle and top of the stem of 12 randomly selected eight-year-old trees from six provenances in order to determine wood moisture content, density, specific gravity, radial, tangential and volumetric shrinkage and the coefficient of anisotropy. Pearson correlations between physical properties were also determined. The highest basic density was 459 kg/m3 from Tournavista provenance. Mean basic density and specific gravity were 430 kg/m3 and 0.45 respectively. There was statistically significant variation (p ≤ 0.05), due to stem level within the trees. The moderate values of density and anisotropy coefficient (1.56) suggest that G. crinita is a stable wood; these are important advantages in terms of costs of the processes of transport and transformation. Given the variation found in the limited tree samples of this study, we recommend further analysis with larger samples from different provenances and planting zones.

Key words: coefficient of anisotropy; specific gravity; shrinkage; wood density

Resumen

El entendimiento de las propiedades físicas de la madera y de las interrelaciones que las gobiernan es necesario para el uso eficiente de las especies maderables. Guazuma crinita es una especie arbórea de rápido crecimiento en sistemas agroforestales del Amazonas peruano. El objetivo de este estudio fue determinar la variación de las propiedades físicas de la madera en el fuste de árboles G. crinita. Las muestras de madera fueron obtenidas de la base, parte media y parte superior del tronco de 12 árboles de ocho años de edad aleatoriamente seleccionados, de seis lugares de procedencia. Con ellas se determinó: contenido de humedad, densidad, densidad relativa, contracciones radial, tangencial y volumétrica y coeficiente de anisotropía; se determinaron también las correlaciones de Pearson entre las propiedades físicas. La densidad básica mayor fue 459 kg/m3, de la procedencia de Tournavista. Las densidades básica y relativa promedio fueron 430 kg/m3 y 0.45, respectivamente. Se encontró variación estadísticamente significativa (p ≤ 0.05) entre alturas en el fuste. La madera moderadamente densa y el coeficiente de anisotropía (1.56) sugieren que G. Crinita es una madera estable, lo que representa importantes ventajas en términos de costos por transporte y proceso de transformación. Debido a la variación encontrada en las limitadas muestras de árboles de este estudio, se recomienda la realización de más análisis con mayores muestras y de diferentes sitios y plantaciones.

Palabras clave: coeficiente de anisotropía; densidad básica; contracción; densidad de la madera

Introduction

Guazuma crinita Mart. (Malvaceae) is a native fast-growing pioneer tree species that colonizes the floodplain and disturbed secondary forests in the lowland jungle (below 1,000 m a.s.l.) in the Amazonian basin of Peru, Ecuador, and Brazil (Reynel, Pennington, Pennington, Flores and Daza, 2003). Interest in this species has increased in the past 20 years in the Ucayali region of Peru, as it is adapted to a wide range of soils including agricultural fallows. Guazuma crinita is an important timber tree species used in reforestation programs. The species can be planted in association with other agroforestry tree species and food crops since it has a small crown with thin branches (Rochon, Margolis and Weber, 2007). The wood is soft, durable and easily worked, mainly used for cabinets, walls and boxes and it also has excellent properties for paneling, interior joinery, moldings and matches (Maruyama, Kinoshita, Ishii, Ohba and Saito, 1997; Reynel et al., 2003). In recent years, it has increasingly been used in the plywood industry and in housing construction (Putzel et al., 2013). It is used in carpentry, making small tools and lollipops sticks, toothpicks, handicrafts and sticks matches. The fibrous inner bark is used locally as cordage material (Reynel et al., 2003). The recommended rotation age for these wood products is 6-12 years, but younger trees are often harvested, and these can be coppiced for successive harvests. The species could contribute significantly to the income of local farmers (Labarta and Weber, 1998; Putzel et al., 2013).

The species can be grown in dense stands of up to 1200 trees/ha in young fallows (< 3 years) and up to 500 mature trees/ha (≥ 25 cm dbh) after management by smallholders intended for saw timber (Padoch et al., 2008). In natural stands, 400 trees/ha could represent 100 cubic meters of sawnwood production (Current, Rossi, Sabogal and Nalvarte, 2008). Clearings made to prepare land for crops are an ideal habitat for G. crinita, since the species is tolerant of flooding, it is ideal for management in seasonally flooded areas near rivers and streams (Putzel et al., 2013). Trees begin flowering after 2-3 years and can produce millions of seeds that are dispersed by both wind and water at the beginning of the rainy season. These reproductive characteristics probably result in an extensive gene flow, which could produce high levels of genetic variation within populations and relatively low genetic differentiation among populations (Hamrick, Godt and Sherman-Broyles, 1992). Its importance has prompted research focused on identifying the best provenances for growth and improving the management of the species.

Forest plantations with fast-growing tree species have become an important source of wood in the tropics because commercial dimensions can be attained within relatively short rotation periods ( Weber and Sotelo-Montes, 2008; Leakey et al., 2012). Genetic variation among trees forms a portion of the genetic diversity of the species and knowledge of this variation is critical for gene conservation programs (White, Adams and Neale, 2007). Most tree improvement programs assess variation in growth, form, adaptability and pest resistance but do not include wood traits (Zobel and Jett, 1995). Evaluation of genetic variation in wood traits is important for applied tree improvement programs that use selection and breeding in order to improve wood production (O’Neill et al., 2001; White et al., 2007). Wood trait variation assessment involves consideration of a number of anatomical, physical and mechanical properties. Certain wood properties are reported to be good indicators of timber properties and uses. G. crinita was chosen as a priority timber tree species by smallholders in the Peruvian Amazon (Toledo and Rincon, 1996; Sotelo-Montes and Weber, 1997); however, little information exists in terms of variation of the wood properties of timber trees species in the Peruvian Amazon (Sotelo-Montes, Vidaurre and Weber, 2003; Sotelo-Montes, Hernandez, Beaulieu and Weber 2006; Sotelo-Montes, Beaulieu and Hernandez 2007; Sotelo-Montes, Hernandez, Beaulieu and Weber, 2008; Weber and Sotelo-Montes, 2008; Weber, Sotelo-Montes, Cornelius and Ugarte, 2011).

Our research represents a preliminary study of variation in the stem physical properties of 12 G. crinita trees from six provenances. This study had three objectives: (i) to determine the variation in moisture content (MC), basic density (BD), wood specific gravity (SPG), green density (GD), air-dry density (ADD), oven-dry density (ODD), radial shrinkage, tangential shrinkage, volumetric shrinkage and the tangential to radial shrinkage (T/R) ratio in G. crinita trees; (ii) to evaluate the influence of stem level position (base, middle and top) on these properties; and (iii) to calculate the correlations among physical properties.

Materials and Methods

Study area and wood sample preparation

The samples were obtained from a seed orchard established in the National Institute for Agricultural Research in Pucallpa CFB km 4, in the Ucayali region of Peru, which is located between 08º 22’ 00’’S and 74º 31’ 00’’W at 154 m a.s.l. The mean annual temperature is 25.2 ºC, mean annual rainfall is 2344 mm and mean relative humidity is 84%. The seed orchard was established in 2006 with second-generation seedlings originating from six populations (provenances: Table 1) within the Aguaytia watershed in the Peruvian Amazon (Figure 1). These seedlings were provided by the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) from a provenance/progeny test described by Rochon et al. (2007). Eight year after establishment, two apparently healthy trees were randomly chosen in each of the six provenances.

Table 1 Six provenances of Guazuma crinita included in the study. The number of evaluated trees was 12 and an average of 12 wood specimens were obtained from each tree. 

*Universal Transverse Mercator.

**Height and Diameter at breast height at eight years after establishment.

Figure 1 Provenances included in the study; PI= Puerto Inca, NR= Nueva Requena, CR= Curimana River, SA= San Alejandro, AR= Aguaytia River and T= Tournavista. 

In total, the 12 trees were felled at 20 cm above ground level and cut with a chainsaw into three logs comprising the base, middle and top stem levels. The cut surfaces of the logs were sealed with glaze paint to maintain the moisture content. For determination of the physical properties, small clear-wood specimens were prepared from each log in the carpentry shop at the National University of Ucayali, Pucallpa, Peru. The specimens were sawn and strictly oriented in radial/tangential directions; they were cut from the pith to the outer part of the bole. Due to differences in stem diameter, it was not possible to obtain the same number of samples from each log. On average, four specimens each were prepared from the base, middle and top stem levels of each tree (Total number of specimens = 135). The final dimensions of each specimen were 20 mm radial (R) by 20 mm tangential (T) by 100 mm longitudinal (L), and, they were labeled in order to identify the tree and stem level.

Measurement of physical properties

Laboratory measurements of physical properties were conducted in the laboratory of wood properties at the Amazonian Intercultural University in Ucayali, Pucallpa, Peru. The saturated masses of the 135 wood specimens were determined to the nearest 0.001 g using a digital balance, and the three principal dimensions were measured to the nearest 0.001 mm with a digital vernier caliper. The wood specimens were continuously evaluated under room conditions (25 °C ± 2 °C and relative humidity 65% ± 5%) until their moisture content reached approximately 12% and then they were oven-dried at 103 °C ± 2 °C. The physical properties of the wood measured were moisture content (MC) - [(saturated volume - oven-dry volume)/oven-dry volume] x 100, basic density (BD) - oven-dry weight/saturated volume, green density (GD) - saturated weight/saturated volume, air-dry density (ADD) - air-dry weight/air-dry volume, oven-dry density (ODD) - oven-dry weight/oven-dry volume, and specific gravity (SPG) - oven-dry weight/air-dry volume. Dimensional differences of the samples were used to estimate radial (R), tangential (T) and volumetric shrinkage (V) - [(saturated - oven-dry dimension)/saturated dimension] x 100; and the coefficient of anisotropy (T/R).

Data evaluation

Descriptive statistics of the wood physical properties were calculated for the six provenances. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was conducted in order to determine whether there were significant differences in physical properties due to the tree stem level (base, middle or top). Differences among tree stem levels were tested using Tukey’s test. Pearson correlation coefficients among the physical properties were calculated. All statistical analyses were conducted using SPSS 19 for Windows, and the significance level was p ≤ 0.05.

Results

Mean basic density (BD) of all G. crinita trees in the six provenances was 430 kg/m3 (Table 2). Tournavista Road (TR) provenance had the highest BD, and the Aguaytia River (AR) provenance the lowest BD. Mean specific gravity (SPG) was 0.45 g/cm3 and showed the same trend as BD for TR and AR provenances. The wood moisture content (MC) also differed between TR and AR provenances, but in this case AR provenance had a higher value than TR provenance. The mean ratio of tangential to radial shrinkage (coefficient of anisotropy T/R) was 1.56. Tangential shrinkage was higher (4.98%) than radial shrinkage (3.38%). The wood physical properties with greater coefficient of variation were: coefficient of anisotropy (11%), radial shrinkage (10%) and moisture content (8%), followed by volumetric shrinkage, wood specific gravity, basic density and oven-dry density with 5%, while air-dry and green density obtained 4% and 3% of CV. Comparing the average CV for all densities within provenance, Curimana River (CR) provenance had the highest variation (6%), followed by AR (4%), TR (3.2%) and the other three provenances (2%).

Table 2 Physical properties of the six provenances of G. crinita at eight years after establishment. Mean and standard deviation (SD) are given for all wood samples across the provenances and for each provenance individually. 

Note: SPG = specific gravity; MC = moisture content; BD = basic density reported as the ratio of oven dry mass to saturated volume; R = radial; T = tangential; V = volumetric; T/R = Ratio tangential/radial. Sample size = 12 trees.

With the exception of MC, all of the physical properties evaluated varied significantly (p ≤ 0.05) due to tree stem level, with the highest values found at the stem base level (Table 3). Physical properties in the middle and top levels were statistically similar. The average coefficient of variation for all of the evaluated wood traits was higher for the middle section of the stem (17.6%) compared to the base (15.3%) and top (16.5%) sections.

Table 3 Variation in physical properties of G. crinita based on stem levels. Mean, standard deviation (SD) and coefficient of variance (CV) are presented for 56, 48 and 39 wood samples from the base, middle and top stem levels, respectively. 

Note: BD =basic density, SPG = specific gravity; MC = moisture content; R = radial; T = tangential; V = volumetric. T/R = Ratio tangential/radial. Values with a different superscript letter within a row differ significantly based on the Tukey test (p ≤ 0.05).

Pearson correlations were positive and highly significant between specific gravity and density at all moisture content levels (i.e., green, air-dry and oven-dry; Table 4). In contrast, MC was negatively correlated with SPG at all densities evaluated.

Table 4 Correlation analyses among wood physical properties of 12 trees from six G. crinite provenances. 

Note: BD=basic density; SPG= specific gravity; MC=moisture content; GD= green density; ADD= air dry density; ODD= oven dry density; T/R = Ratio tangential/radial; NS= not significant; * significant at the 0.05 level; **significant at the 0.01 level. Sample size = 12 trees.

Discussion

This study is the first to assess variation in the main physical properties of the wood of G. crinita from the Peruvian Amazon. While only a small number of trees of the six provenances was sampled in this study, there were differences in means among provenances, but we did not statistically analyze the difference. Prior to our study, two tests were conducted to investigate genetic variation in growth, wood density, stem form and mortality among provenances (Rochon et al., 2007; Weber and Sotelo-Montes, 2008; Weber et al., 2011).

The mean basic density of G. crinita wood at eight years of age in our study (430 kg/m3) was slightly greater than the value reported by Weber and Sotelo-Montes (2008) at 32 months (417 kg/m3), suggesting that the variation in basic density of this species due to environment and age is not very significant. This is consistent with the fact that wood basic density is under a relatively strong genetic control (Zobel and Jett, 1995). The values published in other reports indicate that G. crinita wood is moderately dense (~410 kg/m3 to ~600 kg/m3, Sebille-Martina, 2006). This represents an advantage, compared to denser wood because of the lower transport and transformation costs this implies. Moreover, the wood can be used to build small structures, musical instruments and interior items such as walls and cabinets (Reynel et al., 2003).

Wood from the lower stem of G. crinita at eight years had significantly greater basic density and SPG than wood from the middle and top of the stem (Table 3). Similar results were reported for G. crinita and Calycophyllum spruceanum Benth at younger ages (Weber and Sotelo-Montes, 2005, 2008). Greater density at the bottom of the tree might be an adaptive response to bending stress produced by wind in natural stands (Weber and Sotelo-Montes, 2008). In addition, this reflects a general trend since wood density is usually higher at the base because of the higher compaction by overlapping cells at this level of the bole (Ali, Chirkova, Terziev and Elowson, 2010).

Tangential shrinkage was higher than radial shrinkage (4.98% vs. 3.38%), as has been reported for many tropical tree species (e.g., C. sciadophylla, Laetia procera (Poepp) Eichl, Ocotea guyanensis Aubl, Eschweilera decolorens Sandw, Miconia fragilis Naud, Carapa procera A. D.C, Virola surinamensis (Rolander) Warb, Simarouba amara Aubl, Qualea rosea Aubl (Ruelle, Beauchenea, Thibauta and Thibauta, 2007); C. spreuceanum (Sotelo-Montes et al., 2007).

There was a significant difference in shrinkage among stem levels, with higher values found in the base of the stem (Table 3). The ratio of mean tangential to radial shrinkage (1.56) indicated that the wood of G. crinita is dimensionally stable and homogeneous for primary and secondary transformation, such as narrow boards, ceiling and housing liners (Sebille-Martina, 2006). A similar value was reported by Arostegui (1974).

The physical properties of wood depend upon its moisture content (Pliura et al., 2005; Sebille-Martina, 2006). Correlation between density, specific gravity and moisture content indicated that wood with higher density and specific gravity had a lower moisture content (Table 4). The average wood moisture content (MC) of G. crinita at eight years in this study was 70%. This was lower than the value (85.6%) reported by Rivera-Samaniego (2014) for G. crinita trees from a higher altitudinal zone (660 m a.s.l.). The MC in the base of the stem was much lower in this study than in that conducted at the higher altitudinal zone (69.7% vs 98.5%). Altitude appears to be an important source of variation in MC for G. crinita and for other species (Zobel and Jett, 1995). This is supported by some authors who found that wood density of G. crinita is greater in drier than in more humid zones, and humid zones are represented by areas at higher altitude (Rochon et al., 2007;Weber and Sotelo-Montes, 2008). The value found in this study indicated a relatively high amount of free water in the wood structure; the wood would therefore probably have low mechanical resistance and internal stress for drying operations (Ali et al., 2010). Furthermore, Arostegui (1974) reported that the wood of G. crinita performed well during the drying process.

Conclusions

We found relatively high variation in wood physical properties among six G. crinita provenances from the Peruvian Amazon. This suggests the high potential for selection of provenances with desirable wood properties for further domestication and breeding.

Guazuma crinita had moderately dense wood at eight years of age and the coefficient of anisotropy indicated that the wood was dimensionally stable. This indicates important advantages in terms of transport and transformation costs and the workability of this species. The wood is recommended mainly for manufactured homes, interior furniture, ceilings and boards.

Given that our results suggest variation in wood physical properties within a limited number of tree samples, it is recommended that future studies sample a larger number of tree from each provenance and from different experimental plots in other watersheds in order to accurately identify the provenances that present the most desirable wood properties.

Acknowledgments

The authors acknowledge the generous donation of the trees by Ing. Pedro Reyes Inca, at the National Institution for Agricultural Research in Ucayali region, Peru. The study was also supported by the Internal Grant Agency of Czech University of Life Science Prague CIGA (Projects No. 20145005 and No. 20165016).

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This paper must be cited as: Tuisima-Coral, L. L., Odicio-Guevara, J. E., Weber, J. C., Lluncor-Mendoza, D. and Lojka, B. (2017). Variation in wood physical properties within stems of Guazuma crinita, a timber tree species in the Peruvian Amazon. Madera y Bosques, 23(1), 53-61. doi:10.21829/myb.2017.2311534

Received: October 08, 2015; Accepted: October 26, 2016

*Corresponding author. lojka@ftz.czu.cz

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