This paper reported the density, pH value, starch content, soluble protein content, anatomical structure and volatile components of the wood of Humbertia madagascariensis Lam. (HM), which is an endemic species in Madagascar. Methods for determination of wood density (GB/T 1933—2009), determination of wood pH (GB/T 6043—2009), anthrone colorimetric method, coomassie brilliant blue method, wood anatomy method and gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) were used to determine the above contents. The results would provide a basis for the research on the wood identification, plant conservation, processing and utilization. The wood basic density of HM was 1.684 g/cm3, and it sank in water test. The wood pH value, starch content and soluble protein content of HM was 6.78, 10.953 mg/g and 0.271 mg/g respectively. The macroscopic structure of HM wood was yellowish-brown, glossy, with the smell of "citrus and sandalwood", diffuse-porous wood with large pore, with white to golden yellow tyloses inside and at the edge especially obvious on the tangential section, wood ray with clear, uniform and fine on the cross section, stripes obviously and densely distributed on the radial section, threadlike, ripple marks slightly visible on the tangential section. The microscopic structure of HM wood was elliptic or round pores, with 3-5 pores per square millimeter, dispersed and solitary vessels containing golden gum inside and at the edges of the pores, non overlapping and homogeneous uniseriate wood rays, with 7-9 wood rays per millimeter, large, mostly elliptic or oblong wood ray cells usually without gum, square cell ray recumbent with 3-7 layers, obvious numerous and regular longitudinal arrangement elliptic crystalson the outside of vessels and in the fibrous tissue on the three sections. GC-MS analysis indicated that the main components were fatty acids (88.81%), followed by lipids (8.12%) and terpenes (0.94%). The highest content of the compound was n-hexadecanoic acid (47.32%), followed by octadecanoic acid (38.79%). It also contained a small amount of unsaturated fatty acids, such as (Z,Z)-9,12-octadecadienoic acid (0.23%) and oleic acid (0.61%), which be speculated may related to "citrus and sandalwood" smell from the wood of HM.
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |