Tung Oil Production in Florida
Download Citation Tung Oil Production in Florida Tung tree seed produce an oil that is valuable in wood finishing and for various other uses. Development of a later-flowering tung tree
Introduced for tung oil production and as an ornamental tree, the tung tree can be found in various parts of the state, including Marion County. The tree is invasive and spreads by seed and roots. Tung trees can grow up to 40 feet tall, the bark is smooth, and the
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Tung, a tree grown commercially in China for 40 centuries, was first planted in Tallahassee, Florida in 1906 and now covers and area of some 40,000 acres in this state. The tree bears fruits containing nut-like seeds from which Tung Oil, the world's finest quick-drying paint oil, is exctacted in tung mills in Florida.
Mar 27, 2015· For more information on identification and control of the tung tree contact your local Extension agent or go to the UF/IFAS Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants Tung oil tree. If you’d like to learn more about the history of the tung industry in Florida, check out “The History of Tung Oil” by Karen Brown and William Keeler.
The Tung-Oil Industry
commercial production of tung started in 1932, when two tank cars (120,000 pounds) of oil were shipped from the first tung mill near Gainesville, Fla. An estimated 192,000 acres of tung trees grow in the Coastal of Florida, Louisiana, and Mis-sissippi; Alabama, Georgia, and Texas have smaller acreages. About 25 mil-pounds of oil was produced in
Mar 16, 2024· Seeds: 4 to 5 seeds, hard outer shell and a kernel from which the oil is obtained; Distribution in Florida: central and north Impacts. Tung oil tree invades forest edges, right-of-ways, and urban green spaces. Spread is accomplished mainly through seed production. Fruit production
Tung oil industry in Florida palmm.digital.flvc.org
Tung, a tree grown commercially in China for 40 centuries, was first planted in Tallahassee, Florida in 1906 and now covers and area of some 40,000 acres in this state. The tree bears fruits containing nut-like seeds from which Tung Oil, the world's finest quick-drying paint oil, is exctacted in tung mills in Florida.
commercial production of tung started in 1932, when two tank cars (120,000 pounds) of oil were shipped from the first tung mill near Gainesville, Fla. An estimated 192,000 acres of tung trees grow in the Coastal of Florida, Louisiana, and Mis-sissippi; Alabama, Georgia, and Texas have smaller acreages. About 25 mil-pounds of oil was produced in
Vernicia fordii (Tung Nut, Tung Oil Tree, Tungoil Tree
By the 1920's, there were over 10,000 acres of tungoil trees being grown along the Gulf Coast in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. The 1940's come along, synthetic resins begin to become an alternative. Production declined and it was no longer viable as a income producing crop.
Between 1928 and 1969, a tung oil industry operated along a narrow strip of coastal land stretching from the Florida Panhandle to southeastern Texas. Primarily used in paints, varnishes, and inks, tung oil first appeared on the commodity market scene in the early twentieth century when federal embassaries encouraged the first