Table 6.
Water absorption of three wood species at different boron solution concentrations and different compression ratios

Treatment	Water absorption (%)
	Species
	Nyatoh	Pisang Putih	Sepetir
	None (control)	92.52 ± 17.30c	133.30 ± 20.32i	105.26 ± 17.47c
	2B0CR	98.22 ± 11.58cde	122.47 ± 25.04hi	134.92 ± 36.39i
5B0CR	99.22 ± 13.05cdef	121.92 ± 26.21ghi	116.33 ± 37.82fgh
0B20CR	63.93 ± 12.05a	104.27 ± 26.9cdefg	74.69 ± 14.78ab
2B20CR	88.26 ± 10.64bc	113.86 ± 26.47efgh	94.84 ± 12.88cd
5B20CR	93.84 ± 12.20cd	110.97 ± 21.56defgh	116.45 ± 13.03fgh
0B40CR	64.00 ± 11.47a	98.93 ± 25.31cdef	90.29 ± 15.09bc
2B40CR	92.19 ± 11.22c	115.58 ± 19.94efgh	114.70 ± 25.12efgh
5B40CR	98.06 ± 17.69cde	105.41 ± 21.53cdefgh	113.86 ± 18.26efgh

Note: Water absorption values are averages of 15 replications. Values within a column followed by the same letter are not significantly different at 5% significance level using Duncan's multiple range test.