Teak in Myanmar

Rafted teak logs on the Irrawaddy River

Teak, tectona grandis, is a hardwood tree native to much of South and Southeast Asia, including Myanmar. Due to its natural water resistance, teak is sought out for a variety of uses including furniture-making and shipbuilding.[1] Teak grows throughout much of Burma, but was first exploited in the Tenasserim (now Tanintharyi) region in the southeast of Burma on the Malay Peninsula[2] Though it has long been used by locals, teak has been important to the economy of Myanmar since British Colonization[3] and remains a political issue today.

Leaves of Tectona grandis
  1. ^ “Tectona Grandis" in The CABI Encyclopedia of Forest Trees. CABI. 2013. ISBN 978-1-78064-236-9.
  2. ^ Bryant, 1997, p. 23
  3. ^ অযান্ত্রিক (18 June 2014). "Calcutta Armenians, Calcutta, c. 1660". puronokolkata.com. Purono Kolkata. Archived from the original on 28 January 2023. Retrieved 2021-04-21.

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