Trophis philippinensis

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Trophis philippinensis

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Description

Tree up to 30 m tall. Leaves distichous; stipules 0.5-1 cm long, sparsely appressedly brownish to whitish puberulous, caducous. flowers 2-10; stamens c. 2 mm long, anthers c. 0.5 mm long; ovary c. 1 mm long, style 1-2 mm long, stigmas 2-3.5 mm long;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo present (Sarawak present); Lesser Sunda Is. present; Maluku (Maluku present); New Guinea present; Philippines (Philippines present); Sulawesi (Sulawesi present), Flores present, Halmahera present, Luzon present, Mindanao present, New Britain present, Palawan present, Samar present, Sumba present, Yapen present
Borneo (Sarawak), Philippines (Luzon, Samar, Mindanao, Palawan), Celebes, Lesser Sunda Islands (Sumba, Flores), Moluccas (Halmahera), New Guinea (also Yapen and New Britain).

Uses

Young leaves are cooked and eaten; wood is used for house building.

Citation

Koord. 1922 – In: Suppl. Fl. Celebes: pl. 5
S. Vidal 1885: Phan. Cuming. Philipp.: 145
Koord. 1922 – In: Suppl. Fl. Celebes: 3
Merr. 1923 – In: Enum. Philipp. Flow. Pl.: 36
Merr. 1923 – In: Enum. Philipp. Flow. Pl.: 36
Fern.-Vill. 1886: Revis. Pl. Vasc. Filip.: 250
S. Vidal 1880: Cat. Met. Pl. Leños.: 43