Common name: Teak, Sagun सगुन (Hindi), Chingsoo (Manipuri), Sagwan सागवान (Marathi), Saguna (Bengali), தேக்கு Tekku (Tamil)
Botanical name: Tectona grandis Family: Verbenaceae
A very popular timber tree, teak is native to India and Burma to Java.
It is a deciduous tree attaining
a very large size. However, in cities it might be seen on the roadside as
a medium sized tree with large leaves. Teak is considered a good quality
wood for furniture. Leaves of the tree are opposite, 30-60 cm long and
15-30 cm broad. The flowers come in large numbers in lax clusters at the
end of branches. They are white and rather small - about 6 mm across. The
fruit is about 15 mm across, spongy, enclosed in the persistent calyx.
Flowers appear in monsoon, fruit ripens in winter. From November to January,
the tree is leafless.
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