**3.3 Physical properties of oil palm fronds**

Physical properties of oil palm fronds are essential in contributing its characteristics as a raw material of producing a product that required the properties to stand against load. Many different wood properties have some influence on the processing of wood products. Since it is not possible to evaluate all these properties for all species concerned, it is necessary first to identify the essential characteristic to determine the quality of the products that are finally used [49]. The main physical properties are the moisture content, density as well as basic density.
