7181.000 Tectona L.f.

Fayaz, F. (2011) Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants Firefly Books, New Zealand

Meerts, P. (2025) Labiatae sous-familles VI. Nepetoideae et VII. Tectonoideae, Addendum a la sous-famille V. Lamioideae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Nouvelle Serie Jardin Botanique Meise, Belgique

Description of the genus

Trees, tall, deciduous, indumentum stellate. Leaves large, opposite or whorled, petiolate. Inflorescence panicles, terminal, with many dichotomous cymes; bracts small, narrow, early deciduous; calyx campanulate, tube short, lobes spreading. Fruit enclosed in large persistent calyx, endocarp bony, exocarp thin. Seeds oblong.

Worldwide: Species 3 in tropical Asia.

DRC: 1 taxon.

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Species	Botanical divisions	Content
grandis L.f.	III,V	Image

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