Due to its high timber qualities, market demand, ease of domestication and cultivation, teak plantations have been widely established throughout the tropics from the 1850s (FAO, 1956, 1957). Teak has been successfully established as an exotic in many countries, e.g. Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and China in Asia; Ghana, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Togo and Benin in West Africa; Sudan and Tanzania in East Africa; Trinidad, Puerto Rico and Panama in Central America; Brazil and Ecuador in South America (FAO, 1957; Keogh, 1994; Hougs, unpublished data). The global teak plantation area recorded in 1990 was about 1.6 million ha (Hougs) which comprises 75 % of the high grade tropical hardwood plantations (Keogh, 1994). (SOURCE :Overview of problems in teak plantation establishment - Dr. Apichart Kaosa-ard)

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