Author:
Qjure
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-665.64.10
Tectona grandis
English: Teak; Common teak.
Genus: 3 species
Region: south and southeast Asia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand.
Habitat: monsoon forest vegetation.
Use: tropical hardwood trees.
Botany
Large trees; 30 to 40 m to 50 m tall, deciduous in the dry season; they can become very old, 1,500 years and more.
Taxonomy
In older classifications Tectona was placed in Verbenaceae. Now it is placed in the family Lamiaceae. Sometimes it is included in the subfamily Prostantheroideae.