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Tectona grandis
Teak
As recorded: Tectona grandis L.f.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Lamiales › Lamiaceae
- Collected by
- Gillespie, J.W.
- Collector number
- 4544
- Date
- January 31, 1928
- Locality
- Levuka
- Island
- Ovalau
- Region
- Fiji
- Elevation
- 250 m
- Identified by
- Smith, A.C.; Darwin, S.P.S.P. Darwin →Albert C. Smith →
- Type status
- Isotype
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On January 31, 1928, Gillespie, J.W. also collected 11 other specimens.
Tectona grandis observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1928. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2,644 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-22.
2026-10-22
Avenida Domingo Díaz, Panamá, Provincia de Panamá, PA
(c) Brodie Cass Talbott, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-10-22
4C7R+FJR, Perma, Benin
(c) ONG OeBenin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-16
San Juan, PR, US
(c) coralaviles, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-16
University of Puerto Rico - Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, PR, US
(c) Eliezer Nieves-Rodriguez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-13
壽山國家自然公園, 鼓山區, 高雄市, TW
(c) ssnp208, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-12
Parc national du Niokolo-Koba, Tambacounda, SN
(c) jhp68, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Tectona grandis. BISH 568420. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956442530. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/568420.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956442530 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026