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<big>''[[Sindora supa]]'' Merr.</big>
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:Protologue: Philipp. Journ. Sc., Bot. 1, Suppl. 3: 198 (1906).

== Vernacular names ==

*Philippines: supa (Bikol, Tagalog), baloyong (Batangas), manapo (Tayabas).

== Distribution ==

The Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro).

== Uses ==

The timber is locally fairly important and used for high-grade furniture and interior work, musical instruments and flooring. The wood-oil is locally used as a lamp-oil, for making varnishes, paints and transparent paper, and medicinally against skin diseases.

== Observations ==

*A medium-sized tree up to 30 m tall with a straight cylindrical bole branchless for up to 12 m, occasionally up to 180 cm in diameter.
*Leaves with 4-6 leaflets, leaflets 2.5-9 cm × 2.5-5 cm, leathery and glabrous.
*Flowers with 6.5-10 mm long calyx lobes puberulous and with spiny outgrowths all over.
*Pod mostly ovate, c. 5 cm long, with many spines having a swollen base.

''S. supa'' grows in forests at low and medium altitudes, especially on limestone ridges in regions without a distinct dry season. The timber is often streaked on longitudinal surfaces. The density is reported as about 830 kg/m<sup>3</sup> at 15% moisture content, but it is probably usually less. See also the table on wood properties.

== Selected sources ==

86, 186, 319, 403, 484, 579, 768.

== Main genus page ==

*[[Sindora (PROSEA Timbers)|''Sindora'' (Timbers)]]

== Authors ==

*M.S.M. Sosef (selection of species)

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