Wood very durable, resistant to fungi. Used for poles, beams, trusses, columns, roofs, doors, window frames, flooring, planking, panelling, and staircases and other constructional work. One of the best timbers for furniture and cabinet-making, wagons and railway carriages. Due to its better shape-retention ability, teak is popular in marine constructions and is a class by itself for boat- and ship-building, particularly for decking. On account of its resistance to chemicals, teak articles are used in chemical industries and for making laboratory bench-tops; suitable for casks and vats for shipping corrosive liquids and for storing vegetable oils, fruit syrups chutneys, etc. Teak is employed for sound-boards of musical instruments, keys, etc. and for different grades of plywood. Wood waste in the form of wood-shavings and sawdust is used for chip-boards. Leaves contain about 6% tannin and a dye; also used for thatching. Oily product obtained by distillation of wood chips applied to eczema. Kernels yield a fatty oil which is used in scabies and to promote the growth of hair. Flowers used in biliousness, bronchitis, and urinary discharges. Both flowers and seeds considered diuretic. Bark astringent, used in bronchitis. Root-bark used for colouring matting.