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Vitex parviflora [2] is a species of plant in the family Lamiaceae, also known as smallflower chastetree [3] or the molave tree. The name "molave" is from Spanish, derived from mulawin, [4] the Tagalog word for the tree. [5] [6] It is also known as tugas in Visayan languages. [7] [6] It yields one of two woods from the same genus called molave ...
Maulawin is the Tagalog name of the hardwood species Molave (Vitex parviflora). The tree, native in Asia, Central America and South America, [2] is valued in the Philippines for its dense, termite-resistant lumber used in construction of wooden structures and furniture. [3]
The house primarily uses "molave" and "balayong" wood. Large beams or pillars support the overall stability of the house structure, placed at the corners, between corners, and along the center. The walls resemble woven abaca, called "Uway" (English: rattan ) in Visayan , and are colored yellow.
It is a tree native to Sulawesi, the Maluku Islands, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands, Caroline Islands, and Mariana Islands. [1] "New Guinea teak" is planted for its hardwood, used in construction, in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. [2] [3]
The wood used was Narra trees (pterocarpus), Molave trees (vitex parviflora), White Lauan (shorea contorta) and other rainforest trees in the forested mountains of Libagon. The largest pillars were huge trees bigger than the circumference of a man's (or two men's) outstretched arms.
Tropical Storm Molave, known locally as Quinta, brought strong winds and heavy flooding to parts of the Philippines on Sunday, October 25.The storm lashed several areas in the archipelago ...
Typhoon Molave (2020) (T2018, 21W, Quinta) - a powerful typhoon that totally devastated the Southern Luzon area of the Philippines and Vietnam in late October 2020 Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Molave .
The town got its name from a towering molave tree which served as a look-out tower. “Tan-awan” or "taran-awan" means to "look out" in the Waray language.In Visayan and Mindanao history, a person who served as a lookout is there to watch for Moro pirates who would attack and plunder settlements along the coast.