Tectona
Also known as teak
Tectona is a genus of tropical hardwood trees in the mint family, Lamiaceae. The three species are often collectively called teak.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyLamiaceae
Native toAssam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam
Tectona es un género de plantas con flores con tres especies pertenecientes a la familia Verbenaceae. Índice 1 Especies 2 Sinonimia 3 Referencias 4 Enlaces externos Especies Tectona grandis L.f. (1782). Tectona hamiltoniana Wall. (1832). Tectona philippinensis Benth. & Hook.f. (1876). Sinonimia Theka Adans. (1763). Nautea Noronha (1790). Jatus Rumph. ex Kuntze (1891).[1] Referencias ↑ Sinónimos en Kew
via GBIF · Kew POWO
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- Tree in new leaves (Tectona grandis) I IMG 8133.jpg
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Tectona is a genus of tropical hardwood trees in the mint family, Lamiaceae. The three species are often collectively called teak.
==Description== Tectona is native to south and southeast Asia, mainly India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Indonesia and Thailand, and are commonly found as a component of monsoon forest vegetation. They are large trees, growing to 30–40 m (90–120 ft.) tall, deciduous in the dry season. Tectona grandis is an economically important species which is the source of most commercial teak wood products.