Akasya

Ang akasya (Ingles at Kastila: acacia) ay isang uri ng matinik na punung-kahoy.[1] Nasa genus ito ng
mga palumpong at puno at kabilang sa subfamily Mimosoideae ng family Fabaceae. Una itong
sinalarawan nit Carolus Linnaeus noong 1773 sa Aprika.

Nara

Pterocarpus indicus (amboine, Pashu padauk, Malay paduak, New Guinea

rosewood, Philippine mahogany or, ambiguously,"narra" which can refer to
several Pterocarpus species) is a species of Pterocarpus native to southeastern Asia,
northern Australasia, and the western Pacific Ocean islands, in Cambodia,
southernmost China, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia,[3] Papua New Guinea, thePhilippines,
the Ryukyu Islands, the Solomon Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam.[4] Other names
include Narra (Philippines), Sonokembang(Indonesia), Angsana or Sena (Indonesia, Malaysia
and Singapore), Tnug (Cambodia).

Pterocarpus indicus was one of the two species (the other being Eysenhardtia polystacha) used as
a source for the 16th to 18th-century traditional diuretic known as lignum nephriticum.[5]
Many populations of Pterocarpus indicus are seriously threatened. It is extinct in Vietnam and
possibly in Sri Lanka and the Peninsular Malaysia.[1]

YAKAL
Scientific Name
Shorea astylosa Foxw.
Yakal leaf and bark

Yakal is a medium to large tree about 25 to 30 meters tall.

Its wood is hard and dark brownish-yellow.
Branchlets are rather slender, blackish, and slightly hairy.
Leaves are coriaceous, ovate to lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate or apex acuminate; the base is rounded to cuneate,
glabrous above, and slightly hairy underneath. Its blade is 6.5-nine centimeters long and two-4.5 centimeters wide.
The petiole is slender, 10-23 millimeters long, and dark.
Inflorescence are axilllary, paniculate, and up to about six centimeters long. The flowers of yakal are yellow, very
short-stalked, and about 12 millimeters long. Petals narrowly oblong or oblong-lanceolate, more or less twisted in
bud, rounded at apex, 18 millimeters long, and reticulate.

Apitong
Scientific Name
Dipterocarpus grandiflorus

Physical Characteristics
The average height of Apitong trees is 25-45 meters with a diameter of 100-180cm.
The bark is 6-8 mm thick, brown-gray to light-gray and leathery in textur with reddish inner bark.
Leaves are ovate to ovate-elliptical in shape with broad and rounded base. Both surfaces are smooth.

Molave

Scientific Name
Vitex parviflora
Physical Characteristics
Molave Trunk

Molave is a medium to large tree attaining a diameter of 100 to 150 centimeters and a height of 25 to 30 meters. In
exceptional cases, it reaches a height of 35 meters or more and a diameter of 200 centimeters with a bole from 16 to
20 meters.
It is a tree that grows irregularly, short, crooked, and has a fluted bole with thick, low, medium, to moderately large
buttresses.
It is intolerant to shade and a light-loving species with a spreading crown. It partially or entirely sheds its leaves
during the latter part of the dry season.
The leaves are typically opposite or whorled and mostly simple. The crown usually covers more than half of the total
height of the tree with the main branches ascending.

Red Lauan Leaf

Physical Characteristics
Red lauan is a large tree attaining a height of about 50 meters and a diameter of about 200 centimeters. It is strongly
buttressed and with straight-cylindrical bole.
Its leaves are alternate, smooth, dark green above, hairy along nerves beneath, and oblong in shape.
The bark is dark brown to nearly black with reddish tinge. It is ridged with shallow furrows that are more prominent on
the upper part of the trunk. The inner bark is dull tan or reddish and stringy in texture.
Distribution
The species can found inLuzon (Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Ecija, Bataan, Bulacan, Laguna, Quezon, Camarines,
Albay, Sorsogon), Polillo, Sibuyan, Samar, Negros, Cebu, Biliran, Leyte, Bucas Grande, and Mindanao (Surigao,
Agusan, Misamis, Davao). It is also found in primary and secondary forests at low altitudes.
Method of propagation
It can be propagated by seeds and by vegetative means (clones).
Contemporary Use