English: Teak; Common teak.
Genus: 3 species
Region: south and southeast Asia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand.
Habitat: monsoon forest vegetation.
Use: tropical hardwood trees.
BotanyLarge trees; 30 to 40 m to 50 m tall, deciduous in the dry season; they can become very old, 1,500 years and more.
TaxonomyIn older classifications Tectona was placed in
Verbenaceae. Now it is placed in the family
Lamiaceae. Sometimes it is included in the subfamily Prostantheroideae.