We took ad about timber of a large tree of S-E Asia (4,4)

I believe the answer is:

teak wood

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'timber of a large tree of s-e asia' is the definition.
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'we took ad about' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates an anagram.
'we'+'took'+'ad'='wetookad'
'wetookad' with letters rearranged gives 'TEAK WOOD'.

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