While antique and vintage furniture is the greenest way to furnish a home, sometimes you can't find the right piece. One type of sustainable wood furniture new to market is called mango wood, from the fruit-bearing trees of the same name. Mango trees are fast-growing (they can grow up to 100 feet in height quickly) and bear fruit for about 15 years. Once the trees stop producing fruit, they are cut down and replaced with new trees by the farmers who cultivate them.
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