Malayan Teak
Vitex pinnata
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala, Meghalaya & more
- Flowering
- August-May
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Vitex pinnata
- Genus
- Vitex
- Family
- Verbenaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Banks of streams in moist deciduous forests, also in sacred groves in the plains
- Native to
- Tropical Asia
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China, Malesia, Indonesia to Sunda Islands
- Found in India
- Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala, Meghalaya, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-May
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- Palmately compound (hand-like)recorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Malayan Teak itself; the rest are typical of the Verbenaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
- Flower arrangement
- PaniclerecordedA branching cluster of clusters.“Its inflorescences are terminal panicles.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Malayan Teak itself; the rest are typical of the Verbenaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- ആറ്റുമയില, Vitex pinnata
About Malayan Teak
Malayan Teak (Vitex pinnata) is a tree in the Verbenaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala, Meghalaya and 1 other states. It grows in banks of streams in moist deciduous forests, also in sacred groves in the plains. Flowering and fruiting run from August to May.
Uses
Locally it is cut for timber and furniture.
Verbenaceae
Verbena/Teak family
Malayan Teak belongs to the Verbenaceae family.
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