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Where can you find balsa wood?
Balsa trees grow in the South American countries of Brazil and Bolivia. They can also sometimes be found in Mexico.
Where do you get balsa wood?
Balsa trees... or your local hobby shop.
Where is balsa wood grow?
from my balls
Where do coconut trees grow?
Latin America
Can balsa trees be grown locally?
Balsa trees are native to southern Brazil, Bolivia and north to southern Mexico. They can be grown in Hawaii and Guam and are related to the cotton plant. Ecuador supplies 95% of the commercial balsa. So to get back to your question, unless you live where the balsa tree can be grown, it is NOT locally grown.
Where is balsa grown?
Central America.
What country is balsa wood found and what is it used for?
The balsa wood tree, scientifically named ochroma lagopus, is a relatively fast growing plant found primarily in Central and South America. Balsa wood trees grow best under the conditions found in rainforests, ideally in mountainous terrain between rivers. The country of Ecuador is perhaps the largest exporter of balsa wood, although many local farmers consider the plant to be little more than a weed.* http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-balsa-wood.htmAnother site with good information:* http://www.mat.uc.pt/~pedro/ncientificos/artigos/techbal.html
What material was used to make Kon Tiki the raft of Thor Heyerdahl?
balsa tree trunks
How does a banana grow?
They grow on a plant in Africa. They grow in bunches on trees in places like South America.
What are the common names of 3 species of trees that are commonly used for Christmas trees?
Fir, Balsa, Douglass
What is balsa cement?
Balsa wood is the wood of the balsa tree, Latin name Ochroma pyramidale.
Where is balsa wood grown?
Balsa wood is native to southern Brazil and Bolivia and can grow as far north as southern Mexico. Equador supplies 95% of the commercial balsa. It can be grown in Hawaii and Guam, and is in the cotton family of plants. Their flowers are pollinated by the capuchin monkeys and other nocturnal mammals, but not bats. It is a "pioneer" plant - it moves in when a space has been cleared whether it is a man-made cutting or fallen trees or fire devastation.
