Tectona philippinensis (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Tectona philippinensis Benth. & Hook.f.

Protologue: Gen. pl. 2: 1152 (1876).

Vernacular names

• Philippines: Philippine teak (general), bunglas (Panay Bisaya), malapangit (Tagalog).

Distribution

The Philippines (Luzon).

Uses

The wood is used for heavy construction.

Observations

• A small tree up to 15 m tall, bole with a diameter up to 50 cm.
• Leaves elliptical-ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 8-15 cm × 3-6 cm, glabrous or nearly so on the upper surface, the lower surface white verrucose.
• Flowers nearly 8 mm long, calyx funnel-shaped, corolla white.
• Fruit enclosed by a non-inflated calyx.

T. philippinensis occurs in thickets and secondary forest at low altitude.

Selected sources

84, 175, 223, 282, 390, 391, 579.

Main genus page

• Tectona

Authors

• M.S.M. Sosef (selection of species)