Tectona grandis L.f.

First published in Suppl. Pl.: 151 (1782)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is India to Indo-China. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is has environmental uses and social uses, as a medicine and for fuel and food.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam

Introduced into:

Andaman Is., Angola, Belize, Benin, Cabinda, Caroline Is., Comoros, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Gambia, Gulf of Guinea Is., Honduras, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Marianas, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Panamá, Philippines, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
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  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2012). Flora Mesoamericana 4(2): 1-533. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Fernandes, R. & Diniz, M.A. (2005). Avicenniaceae, Nesogenaceae, Verbenaceae and Lamiaceae (subfams, Viticoideae and Ajugoideae). Flora Zambesiaca 8(7): 1-161. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Fernandes, R.B. (2006). Contribução para o conhecimento das Avicenniaceae e Verbenaceae da Flora de Angola. Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17(2): 5-68.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
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  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Kew Species Profiles

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  • Derwisch S., Schwedenmann L., Olschewski R., Holscher D. (2009). Estimation and economic evaluation of aboveground carbon storage of Tectona grandis in Western Panama. New Forests. 37: 227-240.
  • Ghaisas M., Navghare V., Takawale A., Zope V., Tanwar M., Deshpande A. (2009). Effect of Tectona grandis Linn. on dexamethasone-induced insulin resistance in mice. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 122: 304-307.
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  • Sumthong P., Romero-Gonzalez R.R., Verpoorte R. (2008). Identification of anti-wood rot compounds in teak ( Tectona grandis L.f.) sawdust extract. Journal of Wood Chemistry and Technology. 28: 247-260.
  • Warrier P.K. (1996). Indian Medicinal Plants: a Compendium of 500 Species. Orient Longman, Hyderabad.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

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Flora Zambesiaca

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  • F.T.E.A., Verbenaceae: 2 (1992).
  • Gossweiler, Fl. Exot. Angola: 182 (1950).
  • Phytologia 1 : 154-165 (1935).
  • Phytologia 5 : 112–120 (1954).
  • Rev. Fl. Ceylon 4 : 304 (1983).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2012). Flora Mesoamericana 4(2): 1-533. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Fernandes, R.B. (2006). Contribução para o conhecimento das Avicenniaceae e Verbenaceae da Flora de Angola. Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17(2): 5-68.
  • Figueiredo, E., Paiva, J., Stévart, T., Oliveira, F. & Smith, G.F. (2011). Annotated catalogue of the flowering plants of São Tomé and Príncipe. Bothalia 41: 41-82.
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Flora of Tropical East Africa

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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • Jansen, P., Lemmens, R., Oyen, L., Siemonsma, J., Stavast, F. & Van Valkenburg, J. (1991) Plant Resources of South-East Asia. Basic list of species and commodity grouping. Final version. Pudoc, Wageningen.
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  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1939 Netherlands Indies Forestry Service [bb25521] Indonesia K000932050 Yes
Jan 1, 1939 Netherlands Indies Forestry Service [bb25521] Indonesia K000932051 Yes
May 13, 1923 Bünnemeijer, H.A.B. [10702] Indonesia K000932038 Yes
Jan 1, 1923 Thomson, G. [46a] India K000249765 Yes
Jan 1, 1923 Thomson, G. [46a] India K000249764 Yes
Keith, H.G. [A1530] Malaysia K000932031 Yes
Styles, B.T. [61] Uganda K:SPC-25694.023 No
Jugah ak. Tagi [39941] Malaysia K000932046 Yes
Meynant [s.n.] Vietnam K000897979 Yes
Aziz; Sow [51907] Malaysia K000897975 Yes
Cuadra, A. [A272] Malaysia K000932052 Yes
Thorel, M., le [1979] Vietnam K000897976 Yes
Miras; Mariano; Valderrama [24457] Philippines K000932067 Yes
Rahman [6751] Malaysia K000932054 Yes
Koorders, S.H. [29623] Indonesia K000932040 Yes
Thorel, M., le [1279] Vietnam K000897981 Yes
Abu Bakar, F.R. [A277] Malaysia K000932048 Yes
Robinson, C.B. [298] Indonesia K000932036 Yes
Hutchinson, W.I. [3959] Philippines K000932058 Yes
Herb. Blume [s.n.] Indonesia K000932041 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Indonesia K000932039 Yes
Pabbé Bon, M. [6094] Vietnam K000897980 Yes
Jugah ak. Tagi [39941] Malaysia K000932045 Yes
Chantaranothai, P.; Parnell, J.; Simpson, D.; Pooma [90/659] Thailand K000897986 Yes
Gibot, A. [40932] Malaysia K000932053 Yes
Romero, E.M.; Chavez, R.V. [29078] Philippines K000932061 Yes
Voogd, C.N.A., de [s.n.] Indonesia K000932043 Yes
Fraser, P. [1079] Cameroon K001401761 Yes
Esser, H.J. [0471] Thailand K000897983 Yes
Horsfield, T. [s.n.] Indonesia K000932042 Yes
Hutchinson, W.I. [3959] Philippines K000932060 Yes
Barbon; Romero; Fernando [1894] Philippines K000932065 Yes
Romero, E.M.; Chavez, R.V. [29078] Philippines K000932062 Yes
Cuadra, A. [A2471] Malaysia K000932049 Yes
Pray, F.L. [15407] Philippines K000932064 Yes
Koorders, S.H. [29917] Indonesia K000932044 Yes
Ambri; Arifin [900] Indonesia K000932034 Yes
Marsemi [1] Indonesia K000932033 Yes
Kostermans, A. [737] Thailand K000897984 Yes
Thorel, M., le [1279] Vietnam K000897977 Yes
Kochummen, K.M. [26233] Malaysia K000897973 Yes
Abu Bakar, F.R. [A277] Malaysia K000932047 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [1297] Thailand K000897982 Yes
Ambri; Arifin [900] Indonesia K000932035 Yes
Hooker f. [83] Pakistan K000249763 Yes
Rahman [6751] Malaysia K000932055 Yes
Miranda, D.P. [18947] Philippines K000932057 Yes
Pray, F.L. [15407] Philippines K000932066 Yes
Thorel, M., le [1279] Vietnam K000897978 Yes
Robinson, C.B. [298bis] Indonesia K000932037 Yes
Hutchinson, W.I. [3959] Philippines K000932059 Yes
Keith, H.G. [A1530] Malaysia K000932032 Yes
Kochummen, K.M. [26233] Malaysia K000897974 Yes
Williams, R.S. [3123] Philippines K000932056 Yes
Kostermans, A. [737] Thailand K000897985 Yes
Merrill, E.D. [837] Philippines K000932063 No

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