- Family:
- Lamiaceae Martinov
Tectona L.f.

[LKGF]
Harley, R.M. et al. (2004). Labiatae, in The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants (K. Kubitzki, ed. in chief) VI: 167-275. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York.
- Morphology General Habit
- Large trees
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves simple, opposite, rarely alternate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a terminal and/or axillary, dichotomous, cymose panicle
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flower yellowish to white
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx campanulate, 5-7-lobed, lobes unequal, greatly increasing during fruiting (inflated in some species)
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla infundibular, actinomorphic, 5-7-lobed, lobes subequal, corolla-tube short
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 5-6, epipetalous, shortly exserted, equal in length
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens Anthers
- Anthers ovate or elliptic-oblong, dorsifixed, thecae parallel, opening by longitudinal slits
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Pollen
- Pollen 3-colpate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
- Style terminal
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Stigma
- Stigma-lobes shortly bifid, with branches subequal
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary 2-carpellate, 4-locular, each locule 1-ovulate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary Ovules
- Ovules lateral, hemianatropous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit drupaceous, enclosed in enlarged persistent calyx, with thin subfleshy exocarp, a hard 4-celled endocarp with small central cavity between cells
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds exalbuminous.
- Note
- 2n = 36. Four species
- Distribution
- India and Southeastern Asia. Introduced to West Tropical Africa, China, Western Pacific, Mexico and the Caribbean
Native to:
Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam
Introduced into:
Andaman Is., Angola, Belize, Benin, Cabinda, Caroline Is., Comoros, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Gambia, Gulf of Guinea Is., Honduras, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Marianas, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Panamá, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela
Tectona L.f. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Suppl. Pl.: 151 (1781)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Literature
Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets
- Harley RM, Atkins S, Budantsev AL, Cantino PD, Conn BJ, Grayer R, Harley MM, de Kok RPJ, Krestovskaja T, Morales R, Paton AJ, Ryding O, and Upson T. 2004. Labiatae, in The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants (K. Kubitzki, ed. in chief) VI: 167-275. Sp
- Jatus Rumph. ex Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 508 (1891).
- Nautea Noronha, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 3 (1790).
- Tectona L.f., Suppl. Pl. 20: 151 (1781).
- Theka Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 445 (1763).
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Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China
The Malesian Key Group (2010) Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China (Version 2.0, 28 Jul 2010) The Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Leiden and The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
© Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
© Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets
Nina Davies, Gemma Bramley and Don Kirkup, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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