Ceylon’s Balsa-Wood Industry
To see a man walking along carry., ing on his shoulder with apparent ease a log of wood a foot thick and 15 feet long, is a startling sight. But that sight may become com mon in future if the wood of the balse tree develops into popular use. During the war balase wood was used extensively in aircraft construction, but supplies proved meagre. Australia and South America had a little, but for aircraft construction it was found to be of inferior quality. The Royal Botanical Gardens at Paradenyia in Ceylon had four trees which were found to produce the right sort of balsa timber, and the curator is now extending the planting of balsa trees to number 5000. If they grow five feet in girth in four to six years, this will provide 125,000 cubic feet of balsa wood.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 23, 10 August 1949, Page 7
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143Ceylon’s Balsa-Wood Industry Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 23, 10 August 1949, Page 7
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