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The Question of Diffuse Secondary Growth of Palm Trees∗

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

L H G Wiesberg  and
T W Linick
L H G Wiesberg
Affiliation:
Departamento de Química, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
T W Linick
Affiliation:
Mt Soledad Radiocarbon Laboratory, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093
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Abstract

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14C activity measurements were used to investigate the growth pattern of the stem of a palm tree (Cocos nucifera) which does not form annual rings. The results reveal that there was no diffuse secondary growth (thickening of the stem) over the entire mature stem during the last 25 years of growth, with the exception of a restricted zone in the center at medium height.

Type
Research Article
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 25 , Issue 3 , 1983 , pp. 803 - 809
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Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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