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Xanthostemon verdugonianus is known to be the hardest Philippine hardwood species. Cutting a 70-cm thick tree with axes normally requires three hours, but cutting a Mangkono tree with the same diameter usually takes two to four days.
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 ...
Philippine mahogany, calantis, kalantis (Toona calantas) Indonesian mahogany, suren (Toona sureni) Sapele (Entandrophragma cylindricum) Sipo, utile (Entandrophragma utile) Tiama, (Entandrophragma angolense) Kosipo, (Entandrophragma candollei) Mountain mahogany, bottle tree (Entandrophragma caudatumi)
Coconut timber is a hardwood-substitute from coconut palm trees. It is referred to in the Philippines as coconut lumber, or coco lumber, and elsewhere additionally as cocowood [1] or red palm. [2] It is a new timber resource that comes from plantation crops and offers an alternative to rainforest timber.
It is endemic to the Philippines, where it is known as yakal in the Filipino language. Yakal is a medium to large tree about 25 to 30 meters tall. Its wood is hard and dark brownish-yellow, its branchlets slender, blackish, and slightly hairy. Its leaves are coriaceous, ovate to lanceolate, or oblong-lanceolate or apex acuminate.
The second is the name "Philippine mahogany" for seven species (all native to the Philippines) in the genus Shorea and Parashorea (which are unrelated dipterocarps, more commonly known as "lauan" or "meranti"), namely:S. polysperma, S. negrosensis, S. contorta, S. ovata, S. almon, S. palosapis, and P. malaanonan.
It is valued in the Philippines for its dense durable wood and was once used extensively in furniture, boats, utensils, and as construction material. [9] The wood is also known to resist decay and termites. [10] It became a protected species in the Philippines and it is illegal to cut its tree under certain conditions. [11]
Parashorea malaanonan is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. [3] it is found in the Philippines and the northeast coast of Sabah in Borneo.The name malaanonan is derived from Tagalog (mala = false and anonang = custard apple) and is a putative vernacular name for this species.