Taxon: Tectona grandis L. f.

Genus:

Tectona

Family:

Lamiaceae (alt.Labiatae)

Nomen number:

80123

Place of publication:

Suppl. pl. 151. 1782 ("1781")

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

07-nov-1985 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 19-sep-2017

Species priority site is:

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Miami (MIA)

Accessions:

9 in National Plant Germplasm System (GoogleMap)

Common names:

Bankok teak (Source: Ency WTimber) - English
Indian-oak (Source: Dict Gard) - English
teak (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
teck (Source: Pl Res SEAs) - French
jati (Source: Pl Res SEAs) - Indonesian
teak (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish
you mu (Source: F ChinaEng) - Transcribed Chinese

Economic Importance:

Environmental: ornamental (fide Dict Gard)
Materials: wood (timber fide Ency WTimber; Plant Trees)
Medicines: folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Reunion

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, [Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Karnataka] Sri Lanka
INDO-CHINA: Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
MALESIA: Indonesia, [Kalimantan, Java, Moluccas, Sumatra] Malaysia, [Sabah, Malacca (Malaya)] Philippines [Luzon, Mindanao, Negros, Sulu Archipelago, Basilan]

Pacific

NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Guam
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji

Cultivated

(also cult.)

References:

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
Boutelje, J. B. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. 1980 (Ency WTimber)
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1983. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980- (F Ceylon) 4:304.
Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 (Herbs Commerce ed2)
Soerianegara, I. & R. H. M. J. Lemmens, eds. 1993. Timber trees: major commercial timbers (Pl Res SEAs) 5(1):453-454.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- (F ChinaEng)

Check other web resources for Tectona grandis L. f. :

Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=80123. Accessed 7 junio 2026.