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Toona calantas is a species of tree in the mahogany family.It is found in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand.It is threatened by habitat loss. [1] It is commonly known as kalantas (also spelled calantas), lanipga (in Visayan and Bikol), [2] ample (in Batanes), [2] bantinan (in Cagayan and Mountain Province), [2] danupra (in Zambales and Ilocos Norte), [2] Philippine cedar, or Philippine ...
In certain countries, mahogany is considered an invasive species. Mahogany is wood from any of three tree species: Honduran or big-leaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla), West Indian or Cuban mahogany (Swietenia mahagoni), and Swietenia humilis. Honduran mahogany is the most widespread and the only genuine mahogany species commercially grown today.
Philippine mahogany is a common name for several different species of trees and their wood. Botanically, the name refers to Toona calantas in the mahogany family, Meliaceae. It is endemic to the Philippines. In the US timber trade, it is often applied to wood of the genus Shorea in the family Dipterocarpaceae.
It is considered as an invasive species due to the knifefish preying on native fishes as well as introduced species cultivated for human consumption such as milkfish and tilapia. [4] Eastern mosquitofish: Gambusia holbrooki — Southeastern United States: Introduced in the Philippines in 1905 as a means to combat malaria. [5] Finlayson's squirrel
The mahogany timber grown in these Asian plantations is the major source of international trade in genuine mahogany today. The Asian countries which grow the majority of Swietenia macrophylla are India , Indonesia , Malaysia , Bangladesh , Fiji , Philippines , Singapore , and some others, with India and Fiji being the major world suppliers.
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 ...
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Light red meranti, Philippine mahogany (U.S. timber trade), white lauan Almon Native to Malaysia, and the Philippines Shorea astylosa: Yakal Endemic to Catanduanes and other Philippine islands Shorea contorta: White lauan Endemic to the Philippines Shorea falciferoides: Yakal yamban Native to Indonesia and the Philippines Shorea guiso