All the way in South India, the world's largest living teak tree just celebrated 500 years around the sun. The tropical hardwood, known formally as Tectona Grandis, has breathed new life into some of ...

It also furnishes evidence of a wider connexion. The first yield tables for plantation teak were made by Bourne in 1919–21 for the Nilumbur teak plantation situated some forty–five miles up ...

There are a few reasons why teak furniture has been a popular choice for outdoor products as far back as the Middle Ages, though it really took off for design purposes once the Dutch started using ...