Rubberwood is a light colored medium density tropical hardwood obtained from the parĂ¡ rubber tree hevea brasiliensis usually from trees grown in rubber plantations.
Malaysian rubber wood durability.
Which wood is best depends on your taste and whether you want ready made furniture or wood for construction and cabinet making.
Rubberwood is used only after it completes its latex producing cycle and dies.
The case for malaysian rubberwood.
Basic difference the rubber tree hevea brasiliensis also called parawood malaysian oak or white teak is native to the amazon basin but most of the low end rubberwood furniture in the united states is made in china.
After the tree stops producing useful latex about 30 years after planting it is used to make rubber wood planks.
3 eco friendly to the max.
List of the pros of rubberwood furniture.
China is the largest source of rubberwood furniture.
In other words this wood is extremely eco friendly in the sense that we use what was supposed to go to waste.
The wood from the rubber tree is extremely easy to work with when making.
Rubberwood has a janka hardness rating of 980 newtons which is a measure of the amount of force it takes to dent its surface with a steel ball bearing.
Malaysian rubberwood or kayu getah is the wood from the rubber tree hevea brasiliensis.
After latex production declines about 30 years the trees are harvested and the plantations are replanted.
Tyres gumboots rubber bands rubber hoses the list goes on and on.
Rubberwood actually does come from rubber trees.
So in a sense they are being recycled to make your kitchen countertop.
The wood itself is grown primarily in malaysia thailand and other tropical southeast asian regions.