Tectona grandis
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Read about Tectona grandis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Tectona grandis, Linn. Teak. Tree, 80-150 ft. high: branchlets quadrangular: lvs. 8-12 in. (of seedlings sometimes 3 ft.), ovate, cuneate at both ends, close tomentose beneath: fls. white or bluish, numerous, but only a few fertile, in panicles 18 in. diam.; calyx stellately white-tomentose, 1 in. diam. in fr. when it is ovoid or sub-pyramidal; corolla scarcely 1/4 in. long. India, Malaya. —The timber of this important tree is much used in ship-building because of its durability, great strength, and the ease with which it can be worked. Not planted in this country except experimentally. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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