Cottonwood or Ceiba pentandra wood is a type of wood that is quite well known in Indonesia. Because in a building process making, the wood is often used as a media for concrete making. There is a simple reason why many people choose this cottonwood as a supporting material for making concrete. This is because we not needed a very qualified wood to make concrete. The important thing is the price. It is cheap and easy to find. And cottonwood is the answer.

Are Cottonwood is not quality wood?
Not about the quality, but this type of wood is a type of low quality wood. This wood is very weathered, especially if exposed to water. This wood is also very vulnerable to termites or other wood-damaging insects.

Can cottonwood used to make furniture?
If forced it might be possible to use. But use this wood to make furniture, no one has recommend it. Because physically, this wood is classified as a type of low density wood, soft and less strong to used as furniture material. Especially to make garden furniture. The low density of wood is certainly very influential on the adhesion and binding strength when screwed. That is why it is very difficult to expect cottonwood furniture have strong construction.

But now, this wood with green trunk has widely used by factories as raw material for making plywood and pulp, of course the price of the product is quite expensive.

–sh