The teak tree was planted all over South Asia and in the entire tropical region: In Indonesia it was introduced to Java between the 14th and 16th centuries. Today teak covers around 800,000 hectares on Java, Kangean and Muna. It was also introduced in Africa (Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Nigeria, Tanzania, Togo) and Latin America (Argentina, Ecuador, Honduras, Trinidad) at the beginning of the 20th century. The teak reforestation areas total around 1.1 million hectares.

The teak tree is very expensive here in Europe