Vitex cofassus
Appearance
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Lamiaceae |
Genus: | Vitex |
Species: | V. cofassus
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Binomial name | |
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Vitex cofassus is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae. 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]
In the Solomon Islands it is a characteristic tree of lowland forests, often co-dominant with Pometia pinnata.[4]
It yields one of two woods from the same genus that are each called Molave Wood, the other being the timber of Vitex parviflora.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Vitex cofassus Reinw. ex Blume. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ National Tropical Botanical Garden: Vitex cofassus
- ^ Solomon Islands
- ^ Mueller-Dombois, Dieter, and Francis Raymond Fosberg (1998). Vegetation of the tropical Pacific islands, pp. 57-81. Springer. ISBN 9780387983134, 0387983139