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    The document contains descriptions of several Philippine tree species: 1) Akasya is a genus of woody plants and trees in the legume family that was first described by Carolus Linnaeus in Africa in 1773. 2) Pterocarpus indicus is a species of Pterocarpus native to Southeast Asia, Australasia, and the western Pacific islands that was traditionally used as a diuretic. Many populations are now threatened. 3) Yakal is a medium to large hardwood tree up to 30 meters tall with ovate to lanceolate leaves and yellow flowers.

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    Akasya

    Ang akasya (Ingles at Kastila: acacia) ay isang uri ng matinik na punung-kahoy.[1] Nasa genus ito ng
    mga palumpong at puno at kabilang sa subfamily Mimosoideae ng family Fabaceae. Una itong
    sinalarawan nit Carolus Linnaeus noong 1773 sa Aprika.

    Nara

    Pterocarpus indicus (amboine, Pashu padauk, Malay paduak, New Guinea


    rosewood, Philippine mahogany or, ambiguously,"narra" which can refer to
    several Pterocarpus species) is a species of Pterocarpus native to southeastern Asia,
    northern Australasia, and the western Pacific Ocean islands, in Cambodia,
    southernmost China, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia,[3] Papua New Guinea, thePhilippines,
    the Ryukyu Islands, the Solomon Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam.[4] Other names
    include Narra (Philippines), Sonokembang(Indonesia), Angsana or Sena (Indonesia, Malaysia
    and Singapore), Tnug (Cambodia).

    Pterocarpus indicus was one of the two species (the other being Eysenhardtia polystacha) used as
    a source for the 16th to 18th-century traditional diuretic known as lignum nephriticum.[5]
    Many populations of Pterocarpus indicus are seriously threatened. It is extinct in Vietnam and
    possibly in Sri Lanka and the Peninsular Malaysia.[1]

    YAKAL
    Scientific Name
    Shorea astylosa Foxw.
    Yakal leaf and bark

    Yakal is a medium to large tree about 25 to 30 meters tall.


    Its wood is hard and dark brownish-yellow.
    Branchlets are rather slender, blackish, and slightly hairy.
    Leaves are coriaceous, ovate to lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate or apex acuminate; the base is rounded to cuneate,
    glabrous above, and slightly hairy underneath. Its blade is 6.5-nine centimeters long and two-4.5 centimeters wide.
    The petiole is slender, 10-23 millimeters long, and dark.
    Inflorescence are axilllary, paniculate, and up to about six centimeters long. The flowers of yakal are yellow, very
    short-stalked, and about 12 millimeters long. Petals narrowly oblong or oblong-lanceolate, more or less twisted in
    bud, rounded at apex, 18 millimeters long, and reticulate.

    Apitong
    Scientific Name
    Dipterocarpus grandiflorus

    Physical Characteristics
    The average height of Apitong trees is 25-45 meters with a diameter of 100-180cm.
    The bark is 6-8 mm thick, brown-gray to light-gray and leathery in textur with reddish inner bark.
    Leaves are ovate to ovate-elliptical in shape with broad and rounded base. Both surfaces are smooth.

    Molave

    Scientific Name
    Vitex parviflora
    Physical Characteristics
    Molave Trunk

    Molave is a medium to large tree attaining a diameter of 100 to 150 centimeters and a height of 25 to 30 meters. In
    exceptional cases, it reaches a height of 35 meters or more and a diameter of 200 centimeters with a bole from 16 to
    20 meters.
    It is a tree that grows irregularly, short, crooked, and has a fluted bole with thick, low, medium, to moderately large
    buttresses.
    It is intolerant to shade and a light-loving species with a spreading crown. It partially or entirely sheds its leaves
    during the latter part of the dry season.
    The leaves are typically opposite or whorled and mostly simple. The crown usually covers more than half of the total
    height of the tree with the main branches ascending.

    Red Lauan Leaf

    Physical Characteristics
    Red lauan is a large tree attaining a height of about 50 meters and a diameter of about 200 centimeters. It is strongly
    buttressed and with straight-cylindrical bole.
    Its leaves are alternate, smooth, dark green above, hairy along nerves beneath, and oblong in shape.
    The bark is dark brown to nearly black with reddish tinge. It is ridged with shallow furrows that are more prominent on
    the upper part of the trunk. The inner bark is dull tan or reddish and stringy in texture.
    Distribution
    The species can found inLuzon (Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Ecija, Bataan, Bulacan, Laguna, Quezon, Camarines,
    Albay, Sorsogon), Polillo, Sibuyan, Samar, Negros, Cebu, Biliran, Leyte, Bucas Grande, and Mindanao (Surigao,
    Agusan, Misamis, Davao). It is also found in primary and secondary forests at low altitudes.
    Method of propagation
    It can be propagated by seeds and by vegetative means (clones).
    Contemporary Use

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