Lyptus for Interior Doors

Lyptus is a trade name used by Weyerhaeuser Forest Products to market their sustainable eucalyptus tree plantations in South America. In a partnership with Aracruz, Weyerhaeuser is the only company in the U. S. A. marketing Lyptus flooring and lumber. Since 1967, Aracruz has planted and managed more than 7 million Lyptus seedlings and other native species native to the Amazon region. Aracruz is included in the selected group of companies on the NYSE Dow Jones Sustainability Index, DJSI that epitomizes the best corporate sustainability practices on earth. Eucalyptus trees grow very fast and can be harvested in 16 years of planting on average. Lyptus forests are touted as being 10 times more productive per acre when compared to temperate forests. Temperate forests typically take 70 to 120 years to mature. Weyerhaeuser claims that Lyptus plantations also produce roughly 30 times the volume of lumber per square mile when compared to a natural temperate forest. Approximately 25% of the Lyptus plantations are managed as permanent native forests.

Lyptus is well known as a more economical and sustainable replacement to mahogany. It is primarily used for flooring but can also be used for interior doors. However, because of it's relatively high co-efficient of expansion and contraction it is recommended that the door panels not exceed 13" in width. Lyptus is an open grained wood that is beautiful when finished natural with a nice array of interesting color variations. Lyptus can also be finished to look like other more expensive hardwoods such as walnut or Brazilian cherry. It's scientific name is Eucalyptus Globulus.