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Vitex parviflora

Labiatae

Indonesia: kayu kula, fuli kaa (Timor). Philippines: molave, amugauan, sagat (general) (Lemmens, Soerianegara and Wong, 1995).

Distribution

Philippines, Sulawasi, Timor, the Moluccas; possibly also Sabah and Java; planted in Central America (Lemmens, Soerianegara and Wong, 1995).

Habitat

Low altitudes and along sea coasts. In the Philippines this species is the dominant in 'Molave' forest. This is a monsoon forest type which occurs on well-drained limestone soils.

Population status and trends

Logging for this species has caused thedisappearance of Molave forests in most of the Philippines.

Role of species in the ecosystem

Threats

It has been depleted due to logging and shifting cultivation (Lemmens, Soerianegara and Wong, 1995).

Utilisation

The timber is used in the Philippines for house building, ship building and carving. The bark and wood are used medicinally and the leaves are used as a fodder (Lemmens, Soerianegara and Wong, 1995).

Trade

The timber is not thought to occur in European trade (WCMC, 1991).

IUCN Conservation category

DD (Asia Regional Workshop, 1997).

The species has been recorded as Vulnerable (old IUCN threat category) in the Philippines (WCMC, 1991).

Conservation measures

Subject to special felling controls in the Philippines.

Forest management and silviculture

This species is suggested for the Philippines as a tall tree in shelterbelts. Some plantation in reforestation schemes in the country.

References

Asia Regional Workshop, 1997. Conservation and sustainable management of trees project workshop held in Hanoi, VietNam, August, 1997.
Lemmens, R.H.M.J., Soerianegara, I. & Wong, W.C. (Eds.) 1995. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 5(2) Timber Trees: Minor commercial timbers. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden 655pp.
Tan, B.C., Fernando, E.S. and Rojo, J.P. (1986) An updated list of endangered Philippine plants. Yushania 3(2):1-5
WCMC. 1991. Provision of data on rare and threatened tropical timber species. Unpublished report, prepared under contract to the EC.

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Document URL: http://www.unep-wcmc.org /trees/trade/vit_par.htm Revision date: 05 September 2007 \| Current date: 04 July 2008

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