Claim · model-written summary
Moisture content increased from the main stem to the second branch.
- Taxon
- Hyphaene compressa
Hyphaene compressat0 - Outcome
- MCe0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 73.4 ± 16.20%e0
- Comparator
- MSe0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentSettingQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“MC increased significantly from the MS (19.1 ± 9.73%) to the second branching level (73.4 ± 16.20%)”
t0“Hyphaene compressa”
Title
Sami D. Madundo International Wood Products Journal 2025. doi:10.1177/20426445251342681
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Observation Basic density decreased toward the second branch.
- Observation Longitudinal shrinkage was lowest at the first branching level.
- Observation Radial shrinkage increased outward to the second branch.
- Observation Tangential shrinkage increased outward to the second branch.
- Observation Volumetric shrinkage increased outward to the second branch.
- Association Moisture content correlated positively with shrinkage.
- Association Basic density correlated negatively with shrinkage.
- Method / resource Clustering distinguished two wood property groups.
- Recommendation Within-tree property patterns should inform processing and utilisation.