
The father of Thai rubber and the first tree at Kantang
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Thailand's first clearly documented rubber planting was at Kantang, Trang, in 1899. Who brought it, why, and why the same province now supplies biomass fuel.

Notes on biomass fuel, wood chips, rubberwood pellets, and industrial fuel choices.

Thailand's first clearly documented rubber planting was at Kantang, Trang, in 1899. Who brought it, why, and why the same province now supplies biomass fuel.

23.82 million rai planted, 4.81 million tons produced, 57% of the area in the South. Which provinces grow the most, with 2024 figures from OAE.