The anatomical characters of the wood of Ximenia americana L., are described , based on a sample from Santigo del Estero, Argentina. Quantitative data and photomicrographs of the anatomical structure are presented.
The wood has extremely numerous and solitary pores, very short to short vascular elements, simple perforation plate, diffuse apotracheal parenchyma, fibrotracheids and heterogeneous type II rays.
The anatomy of wood places Ximenia in intermediate position regarding the evolution of the secondary xylem in Olacaceae.
