Teak tree is wood of intertropical and lofty broad Xie Qiao. Bark Brown or gray, branch 4 arris form, by astral shape wool. Foliaceous opposite, great, egg form or elliptic, the reverse side is close by wool of shape of grey yellow star. Panicle broadness is big, autumn blossoms, grey is lubricious, balmy. The world is precious the tree that use material is plantedBreak teak lamina rub with the hand, have sanguine catch thing chromatic finger, and temporarily hard abluent, because this calls it rouge tree or hematic tree. Teak cultivates the main afforestation tree that is southeast Asia to plant, also be one of material are used preciously on the world. Be known as " the king of 10 thousand wood " , be called in Burmese, Indonesia " national treasure " . Duramen proportion is large, show dark Brown, can fight termite and eat by moth of bug of sea of different maritime space to feed, extremely be able to bear or endure corrupt, in insolation, drench, dry wet change does not become warped below clear case do not crack, be able to bear or endure water, fireproof sex is strong. Officinal | | | [sexual flavour] taste is bitter; Small laborious; Lukewarm. | | | [effect] diuresis is connected drench, announce lung relieves a cough, clear hot advantage is wet. With break down vomit; Dispel the wind stops urticant. Advocate disgusting; Vomit; Nettle rash Sao is urticant. | | | [advocate treat] use at oedema, heat to drench, cough slants at heat person, Sao of dermatosis, wet sore damp and hot of urticant, taste appears disgusting, vomiting. Teak is used at doing afforest of afforest of trade tree, village, back and front, show high quality scales, high grade. Its characteristic is: Teak is precious and infrequent, advocate lever connects straight, leaf neat of big, crown of a tree, material is qualitative outstanding, value is high. Teak is to make illuminative of inside and outside of high-grade furniture, floor, room best material. Apply to building of shipbuilding, open air, bridge to wait, suit to make boat board particularly. Have stronger corrosion resistance to a variety of chemical material, reason appropriate makes the wood with industrial chemistry. Even more golden: The color of plane smooth side that teak furniture is more magical is it is oxidize through photosynthesis and become golden look, color can let time lengthen and more beautiful. | | | Odour: Spirit making a person is free from worry, divine Qing Dynasty enrages bright, its special scent is right in the cranial nerve system of old people has favorable effect. Because people is right the demand of teak is very big, the teak that brings about market to go up is uneven, difficult differentiate of true and false. Be like lotus of black heart wood, gold teak, the pass away the sham as the genuine such as gold-rimmed teak, pretend to be teak.