Tectona grandis L.f.

🌿 Common Name: Teak, Indian-oak, Sagwan, Saguan, Segun

🔄 Synonyms:
  • Theka grandis (L.f.) Lam.
  • Tectona theca Lour.
  • Tectona grandis f. tomentella Moldenke
  • Jatus grandis (L.f.) Kuntze

IUCN Status

Endangered : Endangered
Ankit jangir
Author: Ankit jangir

Ankit Jangir is an explorer and field botanist, currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Botany from Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur. He completed his M.Sc. from the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, with a strong focus on plant taxonomy and biodiversity documentation.

  • Udaipur, Rajasthan
  • Cultivated
  • tropical heartwood Deciduous trees, up to 30-40 m height, thick bark, yellowish-brown, rough, Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate, ovate, obovate, apex acute or obtuse, margin entire, wavy. Flowers bisexual, white, inflorescence- terminal cymose panicles, stamens 5-6, equal, erect, ovary globose, superior, Fruit a drupe, globose, brown, densely hairy, covered by the inflated calyx, epicarp spongy, endocarp stony; seeds 1-4.

  • Tectona grandis
    Tectona grandis
    Flowering and early fruiting
    August- September
  • Tectona grandis
    Tectona grandis
    Showing canopy of tree
    The canopy of a teak tree is open and broad, spreading out with age.
  • Tectona grandis
    Tectona grandis
    main trunk of the tree
    teak, is a tropical hardwood tree that produces a highly valued timber. Teak wood is known for its strength, durability, water resistance, and aesthetic appeal. Teak wood is medium weight and has a straight, wavy, or interlocked grain.

Plant Phenological Events

Month Phenological Events
August 🌼 Flowering
September 🌼 Flowering
October 🍒 Fruiting

Systematic position

DivisionAngiosperms
ClassDicotyledons
Sub-Class
Seriesbicarpellatae
OrdLAMIALES
FamilyLAMIACEAE
SpeciesTectona grandis L.f.
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