| Teak (Tectona grandis), is a tall and handsome deciduous tree. Its botanical family is verbenaceae. It is called Sagwan, sagon saigon, saj, taku, kayum, etc in local languages. It grows well in warm climate and well-drained soil. It grows naturally in Myanmar and central and southern India and is propagated artificially in the Indo-Gangetic plains, and the foothills from Bengal to Haryana and Punjab on comparatively lesser scale, especially as an avenue tree. It grows happily in low height plains to the foothills up to 800 m. |
