Distunguish between the wood of pinus and cycas Which one of the two yields commercial timber - Biology - Plant Kingdom

Question

Distunguish between the wood of pinus and cycas ? Which one of the
two yields commercial timber ?

Anchit Kumari · Accepted Answer

Dear Student,

Pinus wood
Cycas wood

Pinus have pycnoxylic wood
Cycas have manoxylic wood

The wood is hard and compact
The wood is soft and non-compact

It contains a very little parenchyma
It contains an abundance of parenchyma

It is made up of more than one cambium ring and high amount of
xylem tracheids
It is formed by a persistent cambium ring and less amount of
xylem tracheids

It is commercially useful and yields timber
It is commercially useless

Regards

Pinus wood	Cycas wood
Pinus have pycnoxylic wood.	Cycas have manoxylic wood.
The wood is hard and compact.	The wood is soft and non-compact.
It contains a very little parenchyma.	It contains an abundance of parenchyma.
It is made up of more than one cambium ring and high amount of xylem tracheids.	It is formed by a persistent cambium ring and less amount of xylem tracheids.
It is commercially useful and yields timber	It is commercially useless.

Distunguish between the wood of pinus and cycas ? Which one of the two yields commercial timber ?