Giant Hibiscus wood from Indonesia ,any ideas ?

**albasia_rudy** · 21st April 2009, 02:52 AM

Hi , mate.

I have thousands of Hibiscus macrophillus trees , logs diameter between 35 - 80 cm with straight timber before branch 9 - 30 meter tall about 19.000 trees , the rest still under 25 cm diameter. Origin Indonesia. Have a tiny difference in colour between sap wood & core , but the core is a crack maker , so I always cut and put aside the core before I do grain -cross cut. . The timber is very light , density about 0.3 g/cc , pale colour with straight grain , very stiff but flexible. I've tried to hand nailed the timber with ordinary nail , to get through 1" thick , I need 4 nails that bent every few mm penetrating the wood.

We also have plenty of Albizzia falcatta & mahogany in and around my woodland.

I happens to have kiln chambers myself. Any ideas , what kind of uses that possible ?

Thanks.

Rudy

**Ed wood** · 25th April 2009, 11:43 AM

HI there Rudy,
Just wondering if the tree`s you are talking about are plantation or natural forrest?
Cheers
Ed

**albasia_rudy** · 25th April 2009, 01:23 PM

The Hibiscus macrophillus is my plantation. I have my own nursery house. I produce Albizzia falcataria , teak , paulownia and many forestry seedlings.

That is why the straight log before branching is above 9 meter , because we always maintain our plantation to reduce dead knots in the timber.

These are the pictures.

I usually purchase non productive bush lands such as rice farm that depends only from rain water irrigation / only once harvest in a year, and make forestry plantation from them. That is why whenever I sold my timbers , most of it I use for making more plantations and re-planting the woodland. From Hibiscus , I never have to replant them , because It's definitely re-buds after timber cutting , so I will get the big trees again in 5 years without re-planting.

I make living from forestry because I love trees. It's a beautiful creation with many wonders, mate. A high state of art in my point of view....very noice...

**Ed wood** · 25th April 2009, 11:52 PM

Nice work Rudy!!

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