Proximate Chemical Analysis and Effect of Age and Height of Oxytenanthera abyssinica on Fiber Morphology and Chemical Compositions for Pulp and Paper Production Potential

Table 5

Chemical composition of Oxytenanthera abyssinica to other bamboo species.

Samples	Alpha-cellulose	Holocellulose (wt%)	Lignin (wt%)	Hemicellulose (wt%)	Cellulose (wt%)	Ash (wt%)	Reference
Oxytenanthera abyssinica							This study
Phyllostachys heterocycla	__		26.1	__	49.1	1.3	[38]
Phyllostachys nigra	__		23.8	__	42.3	2.0	[38]
Phyllostachys reticulata	__		25.3	__	25.3	1.9	[38]
Bambusa blumeana	__	65.70	20.50	__	40.3	__	[70]
Bambusa tuldoides	__	67.20	25.5	32.0	35.2	3.70	[71]
Dendrocalamus asper	48.60	68.25	25.27	__	__	2.13	[38]
Dendrocalamus brandisii	__	__	23.84	23.85	47.24	1.37	[69]
Dendrocalamus giganteus	46.88	65.96	23.85	__	__	3.70	[38]
Gigantochloa apus	47.56	63.23	22.41	__	__	6.09	[38]
Gigantochloa brang	51.18	79.94	24.83	__	51.58	1.25	[73]
Gigantochloa brang (outer part)	56.94	80.05	38.75	__	__	0.78	[74]
Gigantochloa levis	33.81	85.08	26.50	__	33.8	1.30	[72]
Gigantochloa levis (outer part)	36.96	89.80	35.98	__	__	1.19	[74]
Gigantochloa robusta	44.36	56.81	23.86	__	__	1.66	[38]
Goniothalamus scortechinii	46.87	74.62	32.55	__	46.87	2.84	[73]
Goniothalamus scortechinii (outer part)	61.31	75.35	43.68	__	__	1.50	[74]
Melocanna baccifera		73.5	25.2	21.1	52.78	2.45	[39]
Corn cobs			15	31	50.5		[75]
Jute		17.0	24.6				[7]
Wheat straw		15–20		20–25	33–40		[76]
Barley straw		14–19	27–38		31–45		[7]
Barley straw		66.01	19.47			10.97	[7]
Cornstalk		69.92	18.16			7.75	[7]
Sorghum stalks		11	25		27		[7]
Rice straw		18	18	24	32.1	15–20	[7]
Oil palm fronds		83.00	21.00			2.5	[7]
Sugarcane bagasse		32–48	23–32		19–24		[75]
Olive husk		23.6	48.4		24		[75]