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Local Shade trees in the Philippines

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LOCAL
NAME

OTHER
NAME

MOLAVE Tugas
tree

DAPDAP
TREE

SCIENTIFIC
NAME

HEIGH
T

DIAM.
OF
CROWN

DESCRIPTION

Vitexparviflora 25 to
35 m

100 to
200 cm

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.

(Erythrinaorie
ntalis)

100 cm

Has flowers that are 20 cm

long, trifoliate leaves,
compressed and narrow
oblong pod fruits that are
10- 14 cm long

15 m

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PICTURE

FOUND
WHERE?
Molave
is common in
both
secondary
and open
primary
forests at low
altitude
throughout
the
Philippines in
all or most
islands and
provinces.
Along the
seashore and
frequently
planted
inland
throughout
the
Philippines.

CAN BE
PLANTED
WHERE?
This tree can
grow in any
soil but
prefers dry
limestone
soils.

This tree can

grow in any
soil

Red
Sandal
wood
tree

NARRA
TREE

BOGO
TREE

Pterocarpusin
dicus

33
2
meter meters
s

Garuga
floribunda
Decne

30
120
meter centim
s
eters

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The flowers are sources of

honey. Although the wood
is not necessarily
recommended as firewood,
it certainly could be used
for firewood. Traditionally,
it has so much in demand
for cabinet class furniture
that nearly everywhere its
existence in the wild is
precarious. In the
Philippines, it is the national
tree and the favorite timber
for the manufacture of fine
furniture, cabinetry, cart
wheels, carving,
construction, and musical
instruments.
The wood of the bogo tree
is used for general
construction, bridge
building, posts, light duty
flooring, furniture and
cabinet work, interior trim,
mouldings, shelving,
skirting, sporting goods,
agricultural implements,
boxes and crates, carvings,
toys and novelties, and
turnery. It is also used for
the production of veneer

Narra is found This tree can

in primary
grow in any
and
soil
secondary
forests at low
and medium
altitudes
throughout
the
Philippines.

Bogo tree
occurs in
seasonal
climates in
primary and
secondary,
often
periodically in
dry or very
dry monsoon
forests and
thickets as
well as in

Grows in
almost any
soil

Formos Acacia confusa 20m

SMALL
PHILIPPI an koa
NE
ACACIA

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6m

and plywood. Timber is

rather good, moderately
hard, and heavy; in the
ground, it apparently
decays slowly. The leaves
are used for fodder. A
decoction of the leaves has
been used to dye mats
made from Corypha leaves
black. The bogo tree is
occasionally planted as a
shade tree. The fruit is
edible.
An evergreen tree, the
trunk up to 1 m across.
Phyllodia sessile, alternate,
coriaceous, lanceolate,
falcate, 8-10cm long,
attenuate at both ends, 3-5
parallel veined. Flowers on
simple, terminal goldenyellow heads, 6-9 mm wide.
Pods punctate, septate,
acute ends, 5-10cm long, 8
mm across, containing 7-8
seeds.

lower
montane
rainforests. It
is also found
in coastal and
teak forests.

The tree has

become very
common in
many tropical
Pacific areas,
including
Hawaii, where
the species is
considered
invasive

Acacias are
graceful trees
that grow in
warm climates

30
20
meter meters
s

It is a large and long living

trees, it takes more and
more space year after year.
This circle of trunks deriving
from one original tree can
reach an enormous size

12
PHILIPPI Coconu Cocos nucifera 30
t palm
meter meters
NE
s
COCON
UT

The fruit of the tree is the

most utilized nut in the
world and the tree itself is
the most important
member of the palm family

BANYAN Balete
Tree
TREE

F.
benghalensis

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native to
South and
East Asia, but
also plant as
an
ornamental
tree in the
tropical
country all
over the
world.
Native to
tropical
eastern
regions, today
it is grown
both over the
Asian
continent
(India, Ceylon,
Indonesia)
and in Central
and South
America
(Mexico,
Brazil). In
Africa, the
largest
producing
countries are
Mozambique,

Anywhere as
long as it is
exposed to
Very high
moisture

The coconut is
a plant which
favorably
grows on the
shorelines, it
prospers on
sandy soils.
The fruit
prefers rainy
and sunny
weather, it
can not resist
low
temperatures.
For a
propitious
growth
coconuts also
require an
area of high

Ipil

TAAL

Instia Bijuga
(Colebr.) O.
Ktze.

40
1oo cm
meter
s

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The Wood from the Ipil

tree is a beautiful, shiny
black-brown and is durable
which makes it good for
furniture and house
construction, bridge
construction, naval
construction, church pillars,
railroad ties, paving blocks,
electric and telegraphic
poles, wood panels, tiles,
cabinets, wharves, even for
musical instruments and
other novelty items.
Extracts obtained from the
wood in khaki shades can
also be used as dye

Tanzania and
Ghana.

humidity. -

Distributed
from Luzon to
Mindanao
along coastal
areas,
riverbanks
and
occasionally
in low hills

Preferably or
along coastal
areas, or in
low-hills but
grows in
almost any
soiltype

Calophyllum
inophyllum
(Bl.)

BITAOG

Mabolo Diospyros
philippensis
(Desr.) Gurke

KAMAG
ONG

2535m

150 cm

Medium sized tree, it has

sticky latex that is clear or
opaque and white, cream
or yellow. The leaves are
elliptical, thick and smooth.
Its flowers are white in colo,
with four petals or grouped
in four bundles

Can be found
throughout
the
Philippines,
along
seashores.
(Siquijor,
Cebu)

Grows in any
soil type, or
preferably
along shores,
can be
propagated
both by seeds
and wildlings.

25-32
m

60-80
cm

Kamagong is also known as

mabolo, its leaves are
simple alternate, leathery in
texture and pointed at the
base. Its fruit is large and
rounded, fleshy, it has an
unpleasant odor but it is
edible and has a good
flavour. The wood of the
kamagong is carved, and for
making furnitures, tools,
violins, drawing
instruments, its also a
roadside tree.

Found in
Philippines,
can be seen in
Mt. Makiling
on areas up
to 400 meters
in altitude,
indigenous to
the low and
medium
altitude
forests in the
Philippines.

Roadsides,
low and
medium
altitude
forests and it
can mostly
grow in any
soiltype

Reference: http://rafi.org.ph/greenin-philippines/green-almanac/, http://www.pcaarrd.dost.gov.ph/home/momentum/wood/resources/Philippine%20Native%20Trees.pdf-DrCBLantican-30jan2015.pdf

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