Vatica pachyphylla (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Vatica pachyphylla Merr.

Protologue: Philipp. Journ. Sc. 13: 311 (1918).

Synonyms

• Sunaptea pachyphylla (Merr.) Kosterm. (1985).

Vernacular names

• Philippines: thick-leafed narig (general), manapo (Tayabas, Polillo), dadiangao (Camarines).

Distribution

The Philippines (eastern Luzon, Polillo).

Uses

The timber is used as resak, for house, ship and bridge building and other purposes where strength and durability are required.

Observations

• A medium-sized tree, up to 30 m tall with straight bole up to 60 cm in diameter and very small buttresses.
• Leaves elliptical, 7-15 cm × 3-7.5 cm, thickly leathery, with 10-11 pairs of secondary veins, pubescent on veins beneath, petiole 17-23 mm long.
• Inflorescences stout, up to 7 cm long.
• Flower buds up to 9 mm long.
• Nut broadly ovoid or subglobose, up to 8 mm long, surrounded by 2 longer and 3 shorter fruit calyx lobes free to the base.

V. pachyphylla occurs scattered in non-seasonal evergreen dipterocarp forest up to 80 m altitude. The wood is fairly heavy, with a density of 830-870 kg/m³ at 15% moisture content.

Selected sources

175, 484, 579, 748.

Main genus page

• Vatica

Authors

• R.H.M.J. Lemmens (selection of species)