TECTONA GRANDIS

Plant Name: TECTONA GRANDIS

English Name: Teak tree

Local Name: Teak, Sagwan, Indian oak, Sagon

Family: Vrbenaceae



Uses:
According to Ayurveda, wood is acrid, cooling, laxative, sedative to gravid uterus and useful in treatment of piles, leucoderma and dysentery. Flowers are acrid, bitter and dry and useful in bronchitis, biliousness, urinary discharges etc. Roots are useful in treatment of urinary system related troubles. According to Unani system of medicine, the oil from flower is hair promoter and useful in scabies. Wood is good for headache, biliousness, burning sensation and pain and liver related troubles. It allays thirst and possess anthelmintic and expectorant properties.