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Genus: Gmelina

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid I > Order: Lamiales > Family: Lamiaceae

Four species cultivated. Previously placed in the Verbenaceae.

Species cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Gmelina arborea (White teak)

Native to India.

 

Gmelina elliptica

[= Gmelina villosa]

Native from India to Australia.

 

Gmelina hystrix

Native from India to Indonesia.

 

Gmelina philippensis

Native to the Philippines.