Two men shaping teak wood for beams used in construction for a village of homestay houses near Cochin in Kerala, Southern India
Teak wood-use in Kerala house construction Many people think that there is only a single type for teak wood available in there are so many varieties of upon the place where the teak tree grows the nature,quality and finished appearance of teak wood changes. Just like any other tree, teak also will have better quality of wood if the tree grows in a place where water availability is the water availability is more naturally the tree will grow you cut the tree ,cross section of it will show an outer ring which is called soft is not good for using in manufacture of wooden items used in house you cut a tree growing very near to a river or any other water sources or in locations where water is available close to surface of land,that tree will have comparatively more soft soft core normally look nearer to white in colour and hence in Malayalam it is referred as “vella”.This vella or soft core portion will get eaten away by pests as years pass core of teak will not be eaten by pests even though hard core of other wood commonly used in Kerala like Anjily or Plavu will be eaten by for this protection of hard core of teak against pests is due to the fact that teak has got lot of oil in the hard core and that is one reason why teak lasts for hundreds of years when used in any form for house even this oil get depleted over years and if you use old teak items removed from old buildings chances of it lasting again hundred more year is not so good as with passing of years oil in teak wood get reduced and once oil content reduces to low level teak also get deteriorated like any other tree. Anjily is also lasting long as I have found one old house built about 120 years back still having Anjily wood parts remaining then that Anjily must have been quite old and strong in hard core when people think that rosewood is stronger than Teak.
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Location: Home stays near inland seawater lake s, south of Fort Kochi ( Cochin ) Kerala Southern India
Photo credit: © Gary Blake / Alamy / Afripics
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