Teak (Tectona grandis) is an all around premier timber with many favourable properties and has been, and will continue to be, one of the most admired and precious timber tree species in the world. It is indigenous to only four countries, and dense natural forests with big and beautiful admiralty quality teak have degraded and shrunk so rapidly that at present they are confined only to Myanmar and to some extent to India. Natural teak has now almost become an endangered species.