Teak

Clonal Solutions Australia supplies high-value tissue cultured teak to forestry plantations.

To date, we have supplied over 6 million cloned teak plants to plantations in tropical Australia.

Clonal Solutions Australia is now offering to our Australian customers several clones of tissue-cultured teak of Indian origin.

The clones are selected from Plus Trees, established in various agro-climatic zones and sourced from private companies in India.

Variety 1 Variety 2 Variety 3
Climate Tropical Wet Semi-Arid Tropical Dry
Max Temperature 36°C 40°C 45°C
Min Temperature 18°C 14°C 9°C
Average Temperature 32°C 34°C 36°C
Relative Humidity >70-80% 50-70% <40%
Rainfall 2000mm 750-1500mm 400-750mm

While varieties 2 and 3 have been selected for dry and semi-arid areas, they also perform well in higher rainfall areas.

Tissue Culture Teak - 3 years old

Tissue Culture Teak - 3 years old

Average growth characteristics across all varieties and locations:

Age of trees 5 years 10 years
Height 6-7m 8-11m
Girth 30cm 45cm

Field data for some selected tissue-culture raised trees:

Age of trees 4½ years 6 years 7 years
Average Height 10.1m 9.87m 8.81m 9.18m 15m
GBH 28cm 20.2cm 20cm 63.8cm 50cm

Plants are supplied in Quickpots™ in 40 cell Hiko trays, sun hardened and ready to plant.

Transport: As a guide, plants are dispatched in pallet-lots (approximately 6,000 plants) or semi-trailer loads (approximately 150,000 plants).

Local customers (pick up from nursery): Minimum quantity 1,000 plants (equals one hectare). Phone or email the nursery to order.

Prices range from $3.30 per plant down to $2.75 per plant (incl. GST), depending on quantity.

Supply is conditional upon the customer executing a non-propagation agreement.

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