... Vegetative development, primary and secondary growth of the shoot system of young Terminalia superba tropical trees, in a natural environment II Terminal growth, lateral growth and main stem-branch ... wood formation, especially the lack of rainfall, as in the wood of Carya glabra where the spacing of tangential parenchyma bands is related to the rate of rainfall (Hill, 1982) At any rate, the outer ... demonstrated in Terminalia superba (Maillard et al, 1987b) Young plants of the African species Terminalia superba Engl and Diels grown in a natural environment were studied within the context of research...