Assessment of Density and Anatomical Features of Young and Old Bambusa vulgaris (Schrad. ex J.C. Wendl.) Culm Heights as Sustainable Structural Material in Ghana

Figure 3

Cross section of Bambusa vulgaris culm wall with vascular bundles arrangement. Plate (a) is the bottom culm indicating the type IV vascular bundle arrangement made up of one central vascular strand (CVS) with sclerenchyma sheaths and two isolated fiber bundles (fb) inside and outside the central strand. Plate (b) is the top culm indicating the type III vascular bundle arrangement made up of one central vascular strand (CVS) with sclerenchyma sheaths and one isolated fiber bundle (fb) inside the central strand.

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