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

Table 1

Correlation matrix for basic density and anatomical features of Bambusa vulgaris.

Properties	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
(1) BD	1
(2) VBL	0.466	1
(3) VBW	0.410	0.871	1
(4) MRD	0.452	0.817	0.909	1
(5) MTD	0.509	0.804	0.892	0.986	1
(6) PC	−0.310	0.612	0.778	0.807	0.795	1
(7) VP	0.127	−0.380	−0.405	−0.429	−0.423	−0.590	1
(8) FP	0.320	−0.583	−0.766	−0.792	−0.781	−0.962	0.347	1

Note.  = highly significant at ,  = significant at , ns = not significant; BD = basic density; VBL = vascular bundle length; VBW = vascular bundle width; MRD = metaxylem radial diameter; MTD = metaxylem tangential diameter; PC = parenchyma cell; VP = vessel proportion; FP = fiber proportion.