The teak plot offers returns in two ways. First; The land can be used as a real estate investment. In good locations, the value of the property can increase over the years. Secondly; Some of the teak wood can already be harvested, the rest in about 15 years. However, teak wood increases in value as it ages. Teak is undoubtedly the "king of hardwoods" with a worldwide and stable market. Together with the advantages of private use, the possibility of building and making a contribution to a sustainable and social project, this investment becomes a very attractive proposition.
Location:
The project location was chosen for two reasons: first, because of the close proximity to the northern Pacific coast of Costa Rica, and second, because of the natural resources. The sea is only approx. 5 km away from the property, the tourist village of Tamarindo is 10 km away and Huacas is 15 km away. The pressure on land prices in this region is causing prices to rise and appreciation to rise.
Teak tree
The name Tectona is derived from the Portuguese teca = teak wood from Malayalam tekka = teak wood. At the same time, the name is based on the Greek τ?κτων tékton = carpenter. The epithet grandis is the Latin word for big. The German term teak is also derived from Malayalam via English.
habit [edit]
The teak tree is a tall tree that usually grows to a height of 25 to 35 meters, rarely more than 40 meters. The trunks are mostly cylindrical, but can also have an irregular cross-section and develop buttress roots when old. Particularly straight-stem trees are found in Thailand and Myanmar. The crown is usually very high, knot-free usable trunk lengths of 20 to 25 meters can be achieved with a diameter of 100 centimeters at breast height. The crown is very shady. The root system is a superficial, horizontally spreading cardiac root system.
Bark and wood[edit]
The bark is gray to grey-brown and usually 1 to 1.5 centimeters thick. It has longitudinal cracks, is fairly soft and flakes off. The wood has a light-colored sapwood two to three centimeters thick. The heartwood is yellow to dark brown in colour. The wood is striped with dark olive brown to black stripes (black stripe teak). This color comes from different concentrations of phytochemicals, including dehydrotectol and tectoquinone. These stripes appear particularly on teak of Burmese origin. The silicon content of the wood also depends on the region of origin.
The cross-section of the trunk shows clear growth zones caused by the seasonal tropical climate. There can be multiple growth spurts in a year.
The wood is usually straight-grained. Interlocked grain occurs only rarely. The cellulose content is around 43 percent, the lignin content is 30 to 39 percent. Teak stores caoutchouc in the parenchyma of the outer heartwood, up to five percent by weight. This extraordinarily high rubber content causes the sticky-oily nature and the dull surface of the wood, as well as high abrasion resistance, acid resistance and the strong water repellency of the wood. The heartwood is very durable. The causes are the secondary plant substances Tectol, which has a fungicidal effect, and tectoquinone, which causes resistance to insects. The high silicon content also contributes to resistance to insects (particularly termites) and burrowers.
