Category Archives: Hardwood timber material

Wood Species – Cumaru/Brazilian Teak

Brief Introduction Name of the wood:     Cumaru/Tonka bean/Brazilian Teak Source of the wood:   South America Latin name:   Dipteryx spp. Family of the wood:   Leguminosaea Morphological characteristics Characteristics of the wood: Sapwood is different from heart wood that is russet brown … Continue reading

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Wood Species – Oak

  Geographic Distribution Oak mainly grows in Europe and North American and largely produced fromRussiaandAmerica. InChina, a piece of Xylosma grows inJilin,Liaoning,ShanxiandHubeiprovince, is similar with Oak on wood character. So two type of wood species are called Oak in English. … Continue reading

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Wood species – Teak

myanmar teak – logs Teak, also known as Burma Teak, mainly grows inBurmaandThailand. Characteristics of The Wood Lignin differs because of different environment, and greatly from its sapwood of 3cm width. Its heartwood is yellowish-brown color shading with slight red … Continue reading

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Wood Species – Taun

Taun(also named Pometia pinnata Forst, Malugay,Agupange, Kasai, Kasi besar daun, Matoa, Sibu) History It is normal to see Taun in Southeast Asia and South Pacific region and the most important species in Lanyu island.People on Lanyu island take Taun as … Continue reading

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Wood Species-American Walnut

Brief Introduction of American Walnut American walnut, also named as Juglans nigra, is one of most valuable broad-leaved forest species in North American. It ever lost its first place of broad-leaved forest when it came a activity called “light color … Continue reading

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Wood species – Acacia Mangium

Geographical Origin: Australia and Oceania, including Papua New Guinea. Humidity Condition for Acacia wood Growth: Forest Rainfall: 1000-4000mm. Growth Temperature Range: 18-32℃ Acacia Tree Seasonal adaptability: poor drought tolerance. Soils: pH from 4.5-8.0, grows well on red-yellow podsols, even if … Continue reading

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Imported Russia hardwood price drop,timber market not stable

At the time of early May 2012, the russian hardwood Amount by import to China is in a trend of Growth while unit price of Russian hardwood like Oak,polar,ash etc are keep dropping.It is reported by North China Railway Custom,the … Continue reading

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Ipe hardwood flooring cost on rise again

  The cost of Ipe (brazilian walnut/120/90x18mm) is keeping on a rise recently,the price from 40USD/M2 two years ago rise up to around 60USD/M2 because of the raw Ipe material shortage in Brazil.It is reported that Ipe due to the … Continue reading

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Why timber flooring?

    Real timber flooring is outstanding flooring meterial that few other material could compete with.Actually we could call timber flooring as wood flooring.But wood flooring is not all timber flooring.Genuine timber flooring are milled from the reclaimed wood or … Continue reading

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What is Floating timber floors?

  As Many people now are not very clear of what floating timber flooring is,here we want discuss with you the concept of floating floors. “Floating” is actually a way of installation for certain types of timber flooring.Some types of … Continue reading

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