What do you know about teak wood? How far do you know teak wood? In the following, we will explain what teak wood is and its types and uses.
Teak wood is wood that comes from teak trees. The teak tree itself means a type of tree that produces high-quality wood that has large, straight trunks and wide leaves. Teak trees are slow-growing, taking years to produce high-quality wood. So teak wood is included in the type of wood that is expensive and hard to find. Good teak wood usually comes from teak trees that are more than 80 years old.
The character of teak wood which is strong, durable and beautiful, and highly resistant to termites and weather makes it a first-class wood. Teak wood has the characteristics of light brown, gray-brown, to dark red-brown, on the outside the wood is white and yellowish gray which is strong and hard with a smooth texture and when sanded, the surface will become slippery like oily and have patterns. the circles on the wood are clearly visible and produce a beautiful picture so the teak is a luxurious wood.
In general, teak wood is used for furniture, carvings, harbor docks, rail sleepers, bridges, commercial ships and warships. Other names for teak wood are deleg, dodolan, jate, jateh, jatih, jatos, and kulidawa. In Indonesia, teak wood which is excellent is Javanese teak because it has a fine texture and the wood is stronger than teak from any region.
Teak wood is the best type of wood of all types of wood, this wood has excellent strength and durability so we need to protect and preserve it so that in the future we can still use this type of wood as furniture or construction material.
You do this by reforesting or replanting where the teak wood has been cut down. Carry out selective logging, research, and find out in advance about the teak trees to be felled, because teak trees tend to grow for a long time, so don’t just cut trees, choose the best species that meet the criteria for logging.