Rubber Plantation

Rubber Plantation

Rubber Plantation

Rubber tree is best grown in tropical climates. Rubber farming can be a very lucrative business. Hevea brasiliensis or Para Rubber Tree is simply called as rubber tree. Life of a rubber tree is more than 100 years, however the economical life of rubber tree is about 32 years. Rubber trees convert inorganic nutrients from the soil, and carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, into organic carbohydrates which are then turned into rubber latex. Once the latex production becomes uneconomical, the trees are cut and replaced with new ones. Rubber plantation is a sustainable source of rubber as well as timber, contributing positively to the environment.

The structure of the vessels in rubber wood permits easy and effective preservative treatment.

Eventually, rubber trees were found to grow well in the European colonies in Asia. French Indo China, (Viet Nam), Thailand and Hynan Island off the China coast.

Like many maples, rubberwood is also a sap producing species, producing specifically rubber. After the useful economic lifespan of rubber tapping, the older practice was to burn the "useless" tree. Rubberwood is the most ecologically "friendly" lumber used in today's furniture industry. Unlike other woods that are cut down for the sole purpose of producing furniture, rubberwood is used only after it completes (18-25 years) its latex producing cycle and dies. Rubberwood is wood from the Pará rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis), often called the rubber tree. Rubberwood is often misunderstood as a species of wood utilized in the furniture industry.

Rubberwood lumber takes easily many different types and colors of wood finishes such that rubberwood as used in furniture can mimic rosewood, or oak or other more expensive lumbers creating confusion in the identification of the type of wood used in the furniture.

Later car production required massive increases again in production. WWII required so many tires America needed to replace rubber for tires with synthetic materials. Production kept falling until about 1960 when it was discovered what a hidden resource rubber wood was. Very nice grain patterns abound. The rubber from the rubber trees is now mostly used for rubber erasers, condoms, and rubber gloves.

The smoother the sanded finish the lighter the finish tends to be. Feel the entire surface feeling for rough spots.