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Palm tree is not very useful for structural wood.
by dboreham 4y ago
Palm tree is not very useful for structural wood.
- thriftwy 4y agoBamboo is monocot, not a tree, and is highly useful for structural wood. These are all orthogonal.
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- hammock 4y agoOnly with a lot of glue added or as entire culms
- RosanaAnaDana 4y agoTell the pacific islanders that.
- 0_____0 4y agoIdk if you've dealt with palm wood but most of it is very very soft. You would not want to try to do anything you would recognize as structural framing with it.
- andreareina 4y agoI have and as long as we count coconut lumber it's suitable for low-rise structures.
- mcguire 4y agoBeing structurally a tree and producing useful wood are two distinct things.
- tremon 4y agoBut a palm "tree" is not structurally a tree -- it does not have branches.
- andreareina 4y agoCompletely beside the point, but coconut lumber is used for structural applications. The trees need to be fairly mature though.