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Trees are tapped by removing thin strips of bark. The latex then flows down grooves cut in the tree and drips into collection cups which are subsequently collected. After natural latex is processed, it becomes a rubber with excellent mechanical properties.

Cup lump is a blanket crepe rubber produced from the dried films and lumps of rubber found in the tapping cups at the beginning of the next tapping. It arises from latex clinging to the walls of the cup after the latex was last poured into the bucket, and from late-dripping latex exuded before the latex-carrying vessels of the tree become blocked. It is of higher purity and of greater value.

Rubberwood is a light-colored medium-density tropical hardwood obtained from the Pará rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis), usually from trees grown in rubber plantations. Rubberwood is commonly advertised as an “environmentally friendly” wood, as it makes use of plantation trees that have already served its useful function. Rubberwood has a dense grain that is easily controlled in the kiln during the drying process. Rubberwood has very little shrinkage, making it one of the more stable construction materials available for furniture, toys and kitchen accessories. It is easily worked, and takes on stains uniformly. As with all hardwoods, rubberwood comes in varying degrees of quality.