Teak
ತೇಗसागवानதேக்கு
Tectona grandis L.f.
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 40 m
- wide
- —
Lamiaceae
Also called Common teak
Formerly Jatus grandis, Tectona theca, Theka grandis
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- India to Indo-ChinaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 40 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- WhiteRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Italian
- teak
- Spanish
- teca
- German
- Teakbaum
- Portuguese
- teca
- Finnish
- Tiikki
- Hindi
- सागवान, साग, टीकवुड
- Thai
- สัก
- Simplified Chinese
- 紫油木, 柚木, 脂树
- French
- Teck
- Danish
- Teaktræ
- Greek
- τικ
- Esperanto
- granda tektono
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 3.0
- 3D model: Tectona grandis (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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