Plant knowledge
Teak
Tectona grandis
সেগুন
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Origin
- South and Southeast Asia
- Native status
- introduced
- Habit
- tree
- Mature height
- 20–35 m
- Mature spread
- Plantation spacing
- Climate
- Monsoon tropics with a dry season
- Light
- full sun
- Water
- moderate
- Soil
- Deep, well-drained soils
- Growth
- Moderate
- Flowering
- Large panicles on mature trees
- Fruiting
- Not a food crop
Uses
- Industrial plantation
- Estate forestry
Care
- Open sites and a planned spacing. Availability is quoted, not guaranteed.
Landscape uses
- Plantation blocks
- Large rural sites
Plantation species; mix with natives where habitat is the goal.
Environmental benefits
- Canopy on large sites