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Teak is originally from the teak tree with the Latin name Tectona grandis. The teak tree is common in Southeast Asia. The teak tree is common in Southeast Asia. Teak is a hardwood that is particularly resistant to different types of climate, making it suitable for shipbuilding and for furniture. [ 1 ]
Teak (Tectona grandis) is a tropical hardwood tree species in the family Lamiaceae.It is a large, deciduous tree that occurs in mixed hardwood forests. Tectona grandis has small, fragrant white flowers arranged in dense clusters at the end of the branches.
Intsia bijuga, commonly known as Borneo teak, ipil, Johnstone River teak, and kwila, amongst many other names, is a species of tree in the flowering plant family Fabaceae, native to coastal areas from east Africa, through India and Southeast Asia to Australia and the western Pacific. It has significant importance to indigenous cultures in many ...
Loo tables were very popular in the 18th and 19th centuries as candlestands, tea tables, or small dining tables, although they were originally made for the popular card game loo or lanterloo. Their typically round or oval tops have a tilting mechanism , which enables them to be stored out of the way (e.g. in room corners) when not in use.
Gmelina arborea, (in English beechwood, gmelina, goomar teak, Kashmir tree, Malay beechwood, white teak, yamane [3]), locally known as gamhar, is a fast-growing deciduous tree in the family Lamiaceae.
Olea welwitschii, the Elgon teak, is a species of tree in the family Oleaceae. It ranges across parts of subsaharan Africa, from Cameroon in the west to Ethiopia and Kenya in the east, and south to Angola, Zambia, and Mozambique. It is a forest species, ranging from lowland tropical rainforests to evergreen montane forests. [2]
Bastar wooden crafts are traditional Indian wooden crafts that are manufactured in the Bastar district of Chhattisgarh state, India.The wood-crafting work has been protected under the Geographical indication (GI) of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement.
A root bridge being grown using a wood and bamboo scaffold. Rangthylliang, East Khasi Hills (2016) Root bridges are also commonly formed by training young rubber fig roots over scaffolds made from wood or bamboo, materials which are abundant in Northeast India. In these instances, the roots are wrapped around the outside of the perishable material.