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Elaeocarpus calomala is a tree commonly found in the Philippines and used to create religious images known as santo. In the Philippines this tree is locally known as anakle, bunsilak or binting-dalaga (Tagalog, "maiden's leg"). It is similar to native tree species known as batikuling and like the olongas, another native tree species in the ...
Other important tree species here include giant figs, which provide food for fruit bats, parrots, and monkeys, and Pterocarpus indicus, which like the dipterocarps, is valued for its timber. Due to environmental changes, finding new species has become more urgent so the island can have an accurate reading of flora and fauna record. [8]
Artocarpus blancoi is a species of large tree in the family Moraceae endemic to the Philippines. Its habitat (among seasonal forest or thicket growth in low-lying areas) is threatened. [1] It is locally known as tipolo, tipulo, or atipolo in Tagalog and the Visayan languages (Philippine Spanish: antipolo).
Pterocarpus indicus (commonly known as Amboyna wood, Malay padauk, Papua New Guinea rosewood, Philippine mahogany, Andaman redwood, Burmese rosewood, narra [3] (from Tagalog [4]) and asana in the Philippines, angsana, or Pashu padauk) is a species of Pterocarpus of the Sweet Pea Family (Papilionaceae) native to southeastern Asia, northern Australasia, and the western Pacific Ocean islands, in ...
Syzygium polycephaloides, commonly known as lipote, is a species of tree native to the Philippines, southeastern Sulawesi, and the Lesser Sunda Islands. It bears edible red to purple berries that can be eaten fresh but are usually turned into jams or wine in the Philippines. The tree grows to a height of around 15 m (49 ft).
It is a tree native to the Philippines and Sulawesi. Typical habitat is tropical coastal and inland rain forest from sea level to 850 meters elevation. [1] It is the sole species in genus Wallaceodendron. The genus belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. [2]
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 wood, the other being Vitex cofassus. It is a native species in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. [8]
Acacia confusa is a perennial tree native to South-East Asia. Some common names for it are ayangile, small Philippine acacia, Formosa acacia (Taiwan acacia), Philippine Wattle, and Formosan koa. It grows to a height of 15 m. The tree has become very common in many tropical Pacific areas, including Hawaii, where the species is considered ...