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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.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Shorea almon (called, along with some other species in the genus Shorea, light red meranti, Philippine mahogany, or white lauan) [1] is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is native to Borneo and the Philippines .
Dundas mahogany, Eucalyptus brockwayi; Indian mahogany, Toona ciliata; Indonesian mahogany, Toona sureni; Mountain mahogany: species of trees in the genus Cercocarpus; Eucalyptus notabilis; Natal mahogany, Trichilia emetica; Philippine mahogany: Shorea in the dipterocarp family Dipterocarpaceae; Toona calantas and other species in the mahogany ...
The Philippines supports a rich and varied flora with close botanical connections to Indonesia and mainland Southeast Asia. Forests cover almost one-half of the land area and are typically tropical, with the dominant family, Dipterocarpaceae, representing 75% of the stands. The forest also has vines, epiphytes, and climbers.
Epicharis parasitica, commonly known as yellow mahogany, is a species of tree in the family Meliaceae; it grows primarily in tropical rainforests and is native to Taiwan, parts of Malesia, Papuasia, and northeast Queensland.