sort Kinds ohroma (Ochroma) families baobabovyh. The large trees extended in damp tropical woods Central and the South America. Breed introducirovana also in India and Indonesia. Bal'za easily renews on fellings, quickly grows and by 5 years reaches a maturity. Bal'za - the Spanish word meaning a raft. This name was fixed in those days when the Spanish colonists observed how Indians used this wood for a construction of rafts. From trunks bal'zy from an extreme antiquity produce rafts and dolblenye shuttles. From B d. The raft «the Game - Tics» has been constructed, on which T.Hejerdal with companions has crossed Pacific ocean.
Wood has white colour with a pinkish shade. Fibres freely placed and straight lines.
Bal'za is a most easy and soft tree which possesses extraordinary high buoyancy, and also provides very effective thermal and sound isolation. Bal'za it is very easily processed by mechanical and manual tools with sharp, thin cutting edges. Wood easily accepts nails and screws, but because of the softness badly them keeps, therefore pasting - the most optimum method of a fastening. At colouring and polishing bal'za absorbs many finishing structures. Application principal views bal'zy - the equipment for rescue on waters, floats and beacons, inside layers layered kleenoi wood, heat - zvuko - and vibroizolyaciya, templates and models, scenery and breadboard models.