Teak, Plantation

 

Botanical name: Tectona grandis
Origin: West America
Weight: about 550 kg/m3
Moisture Content: 8-10 %
Janka hardness: 450
Modulus of rupture: 54.8 MPa
Bending strength: 850
Modulus of elasticity: 12.28 GPa
Shrinkage: 5,00
Category: Product ID: 1120

Description

This beautiful and elegant tropical specie is very popular in the worldwide wood working industry. The core tree is golden to mid-brown, which darkens with age.

The wood is both elastic and hard, and with generally good strength properties. Plantation Teak varies from wax yellow to a lighter gray-green. Used for furniture and countertops.

More broad and smaller dimensions than other Teak species, which is also oilier. There may also be several knots in the plantation teak.