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The English word teak comes via the Portuguese teca from Malayalam tekka (cognate with Tamil tekku, Telugu teku, and Kannada tegu). [ 14 ] [ 15 ] [ 16 ] Central Province teak and Nagpur teak are named for those regions of India.
Gmelina arborea, (in English beechwood, gmelina, goomar teak, Kashmir tree, Malay beechwood, white teak, yamane [3]), locally known as gamhar, is a fast-growing deciduous tree in the family Lamiaceae.
Tectona is native to south and southeast Asia, mainly India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Indonesia and Thailand, and are commonly found as a component of monsoon forest vegetation.
Jati (game), a board game from the 3M bookshelf game series; Jati (or Jatu or Jataki), a dialect of the Haryanvi language; Teak, the Indonesian name for the hardwood tree; Jatimatic, a Finnish 9 mm submachine gun; Jati (music), a rhythmic pattern in Indian classical music; JATI, or rather Jalur Tiga is an NGO in Malaysia; B. D. Jatti, former ...
Magnolia champaca, known in English as champak (/ ˈ tʃ ʌ m p ə k /), [3] is a large evergreen tree in the family Magnoliaceae. [4] It was previously classified as Michelia champaca . [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It is known for its fragrant flowers, and its timber used in woodworking.
Terminalia catappa is a large tropical tree in the leadwood tree family, Combretaceae, native to Asia, Australia, the Pacific, Madagascar and Seychelles. [1] Common names in English include country almond, Indian almond, Malabar almond, sea almond, tropical almond, [3] beach almond [4] and false kamani.
Prosopis cineraria, also known as Persian mesquite or ghaf, is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae.It is native to arid portions of Western Asia and the Indian Subcontinent, including Afghanistan, Bahrain, Iran, India, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
The genus name Melia is derived from μελία (melía), the Greek word used by Theophrastus (c. 371 – c. 287 BC) for Fraxinus ornus, [10] [11] which has similar leaves. [12] The species azedarach is from the French 'azédarac' which in turn is from the Persian 'āzād dirakht' (ازادرخت ) meaning 'free- or noble tree'.