PROCURING AND PREPARING THE TEAK
once a site had been selected, the donor would need to secure the necessary supplies teak(Tectona grandis), the timber most widely used of throughout the country in the construction of monasteries. Teak, a tree with which Burma historically has been amply endowed, is widely scattered the mixed forests of the plains and on the southern and western slopes of the lower hills of Burma It reaches maturity after sixty to eighty years, attaining a height of around 24-30 metres with baulks of timber