Teak Furniture has been famous because teak’s durable and colours seemed luxurious and high class. At the past time the teak is used as materials to made a ship, include VOC’s ships which sailed on the ocean in seventh century. And also built a bridge and rail pillow. The teak contain of oil and sediment inside wood cells, so make it is durable to used in outdoor without varnees and also if it is used under the roof.
Teak branch which can’t used for furniture, can used for fire wood number one, because it is very hot. At the past time it is used be fuel of steam locomotive engine.
At home,a teak is used for building structure also. Traditional java houses such as joglo in central java, use the teak almost whole part, such as the poles, the roof, until the carve wall. But in wood industry, the teak is made become to vaneer for the wood surface cover and become to parquet for the floor cover. And also exported to foreign countries. All of the teak is sent by Indonesia and Myanmar.
Even teak leaves are used to wrap, including for food. Rice which wrapped with the teak leaves would be more delicious. For example is Nasi Jamblang that famous in Jamblang, cirebon. Nasi jamblang is ordinary rice with variety of side dishes. What makes it unique is the rice is covered by the teak leaves. Another thing that makes it unique is the side dishes are all served on the table. The teak leaves also used in Yogyakarta, Central Java and East Java become to tempe wrapped.
Teak forest especially provide cultivate field. Interstice of the teak trees, farmers were planting second crop. From the teak forest they got some honey, some food source, and some medicine. Many farmers live in the teak forest village use the teak leather for wall of theirs home. The teak leaves that wide and hairy and fall in dry season, they use for food and things cover. And the teak branch for household fuel in the teak forest village. Even the teak forests in Java have economize function else.