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What is Rubberwood?
Rubberwood is the standard
common name for the timber of Hevea Brasiliensis. Rubberwood (also
called Parawood in
Thailand) is one of the more
durable lumbers (wood) used in the manufacturing of today’s home furnishings. Rubberwood has very little
shrinkage, making it one of the more stable construction materials available
for furniture manufacturing. Rubberwood has very little
tendency to warp or crack.
Like
maple, rubberwood is a sap producing
species. In the case of maple, it is sap; in the case of rubberwood, it is latex. Rubberwood produces all the
latex used in the world for all rubber based products.
There is one more
important feature of rubberwood that is very
important in today’s world. Rubberwood is the most
ecologically friendly lumber used in today’s furniture industry. After the
economic life of the rubber tree, which is generally 26 – 30 years, the latex
yields become extremely low and the planters then fell the rubber trees and
plant new ones. So, unlike other woods that are cut down for the sole purpose
of producing furniture, rubberwood is used only after
it completes its latex producing cycle and dies. This wood is therefore
eco-friendly in the sense that we are now using what was going as waste.
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