致腐生物体橡胶木易受多种昆虫和真菌的侵害。对大多数浅色阔叶材(如棱柱木、小脉夹竹桃木、印南娑罗双等)来说,通常很易受菌虫侵害。易受菌虫侵害的最可靠的解释是这些阔叶材的淀粉含量较高,淀粉对这些生物体是很有吸引力的,而在这些阔叶材中普遍缺少抑制这些生物的酚类化合物。由于这些生物体的作用,使木材变色而不那么吸引人了,或因有虫洞而不那么适用,在制家具时更是 Rotten Organisms Rubberwood is susceptible to many types of insects and fungi. For most light-hardwood species (eg, Prismatic, Pinctada oleander, Indochine), they are often susceptible to bacterial infestations. The most reliable explanation for susceptibility to bacterial infestations is that these hardwoods have a high starch content, starch is attractive to these organisms, and there is a general lack of phenolic compounds that inhibit these organisms in these hardwoods. Due to the role of these organisms, the discoloring of wood is less appealing, or less viable due to wormholes, and even more so in the manufacture of furniture