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Tectona grandis - Young leaves - Click to enlarge!

Young leaves; Oyibi, Ghana; 4/2004 © Jörn Germer

Tectona grandis - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 5/2007 © Jörn Germer

Tectona grandis - Flower side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower side view; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 5/2007 © Jörn Germer

Tectona grandis - Single fruit - Click to enlarge!

Single fruit; Rancho Grande, Rondônia, Brazil; 4/2004 © Sonja Germer

Tectona grandis - Unripe fruit - Click to enlarge!

Unripe fruit; Rancho Grande, Rondônia, Brazil; 4/2004 © Sonja Germer

Tectona grandis - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Oyibi, Ghana; 4/2004 © Jörn Germer

Tectona grandis - Bark - Click to enlarge!

Bark; Rancho Grande, Rondônia, Brazil; 4/2004 © Sonja Germer

Tectona grandis - Nursery seedlings - Click to enlarge!

Nursery seedlings; Oyibi, Ghana; 4/2004 © Jörn Germer

Tectona grandis - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Nigeria; 10/2012 © Ralf Biechele

Dataset

Identifier: 63
Date of entry: 10.06.2005
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Common Teak

German: Teakbaum

Mandarin: 柚木 (you mu)

Portuguese: Teca

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Lamiales (199)

        Family: Verbenaceae (14)(family description)

          Genus: Tectona (1)

            Epithet: grandis L.f. (5)

grandis => large, big

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

Flower colour: beige, white

External links

Check for Tectona grandis at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

Literature

  • [25] Schütt,P. et al. (2004): Bäume der Tropen. Nikol, Hamburg, Germany.

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