Tectona
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Tectona (derived from Tekka, the Malabar name of T. grandis). Syn., Theka. Verbenaceae. Tall trees, stellately tomentose, including the well-known teak-wood, sometimes grown in the warmhouse as a curiosity. Lvs. opposite or ternately verticillate, large and entire: cymes dichotomous, many-fld., arranged in a large terminal panicle: fls. small, white or bluish, sessile; calyx campanulate, shortly 5-6-cleft, inflated in fr.; corolla-tube short, limb spreading, 5-6-cleft; stamens 5-6; ovary fleshy, 4-celled, cells 1-ovuled: drupe inclosed in the calyx, 4-celled; endocarp bony.—Three species, Asia, India, Burma, Malaya, and Philippines. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963