The trunk consists of fibrous vascular bundles and powdery parenchyma. The
parenchyma seems to hold more moisture than the vascular bundles. The difference in MC between the sections may be attributed to the ratio of parenchyma and vascular bundles. In fact we observed more parenchyma in the inner section. During the 120-day storage, the MC went slightly lower for all sections. The decrease in MC being marginal (less than 10%),evaporation of moisture from the stored logs was presumably prevented by hard outer bark of the trunk.