Root teak used to be wasted

Who would have thought teak wood that used to be wasted is now a quality furniture with classy and expensive. Teak plants are morphologically can reach a height of 30-45 meters. Its diameter trunk can reach 220 cm. Although the tree is dead, the roots of the oak can be safely stored in the soil with up to hundreds of years

turns teak is not easy to eat termites. Because teak wood has a cellulose content of 46.5%, 29.9%  14.4%, 1.4% ash, and silica 0.4% and calorific value of 5,081 cal / g. The durability of wood corresponding test results against termites and fungi, including second-class I. Thus, teak wood can be attacked by termites with low capacity on the condition that is affected by timber tree age. So the older teak, it is increasingly difficult attacked by termites.

Prices were sold very varied. Depending on the form of finished teak root itself and the difficulty in treating teak roots. There is a teak table and chairs are set be valued price IDR 10 million and a large desk for a meeting be valued meeting with a price range of Rp 100 million.

Sales of teak roots are converted into the form of furniture / teak root furniture exporter  and garden ornaments have also been exported to foreign countries such as India, China, Korea, Japan, Australia, England and America. And the biggest buyers are from Japan and Korea are very fond of the base material teak furniture. But wait, it turns into a struggle for a teak root furniture items of luxury and great demand of this country, not as sweet as many people imagine. Because first, teak root is waste from the production of teak handicrafts from wooden sticks just take it.

It used to be for many people, the rest of the felling of teak trees such as corn, root is often used as firewood because it is considered useless waste. But over time, with the emergence of the idea of ​​creativity of the nation in East Java, then popping craft teak tree stump and roots.