Its growth period is between 15 and 35 years, which accounts for its high content of natural teak oils. African plantation teak wood is therefore less durable than teak from Indonesia or Burma. It has a pale brown hue. According to BFP, one of the best teak wood suppliers in India, the grain of the african teak veneer is widely dispersed, and it contains several sound knots. The African Teak Wood is drier, free of oily resin, and much more similar to a traditional common wood than other forms of teak (like the Asian one), which implies that the wood does not preserve its water-repellent properties, and the same is observed by teak wood dealers in India.