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TIERRA, REIJEN CANARY S.

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LIST OF PHILIPPINE WOODS (TREES)
1) NARRA
Narra is actually the national tree of the
Philippines. It can grow up to 30 meters high and its
short stems can spread into luxurious branches. Its
beauty lies in its dainty yellow flowers, which bloom
between February and May. The Narra is low-
maintenance and sturdy, which makes it a favorite for
construction and woodwork purposes.
2) BANABA TREE
The leaves of the Banaba and other parts are used widely in
the Philippines, Taiwan, and Japan for tea preparation. Banaba is
native to tropical southern Asia. Known also as the Pride of India, It
is also widely cultivated as an ornamental plant in tropical and
subtropical areas.
3) SIAR TREE
This Philippine tree's yellow blossoms are absolutely
stunning and they're especially vivid during the summer. The tree is
also known as the Kalayaan tree because Emilio Aguinaldo planted
one during the Malolos Convention.
4) KAMAGONG
Also known as Philippine Ebony, kamagong is a wood unique
to the country. With a black heartwood (inner region) and gray
sapwood, this produces really dramatic, dark timber hence the
name. The grain is often grayish and has strong, dark brown streaks.
"It's good to use on accent pieces lang, but [it] may not be good idea
to make a whole furniture piece out of it," says Benji.
5) MOLAVE
One of the hardest local woods, molave has a fine
texture that makes it smooth to the touch. It's available in
pale yellow to pinkish-brownish tone with a lighter
sapwood (outer region), and mostly straight grain. It has no distinct odor. Ideal for: window
frames, shipbuilding, structural posts, railroad tracks, and other outdoor applications.
6) TANGUILE
A moderately hard reddish wood, Tanguile is one of the
seven local woods often referred to as Philippine Mahogany. This
abundant wood type boasts of fine ribbon or straight grain. It's
relatively soft and easy to work on, but resilient enough for outdoor
construction. Ideal for: interior finishes, cabinets, boat building.
7) YAKAL
This resinous wood with yellow to golden-red tones is
another local mahogany type. A high-grade timber, yakal can
tolerate harsh hot and cold weathers. Ideal for: furniture, surface
finishes, small weapons, and outdoor constructions.
8) ACACIA MANGIUM
This straight trunk tropical tree is a hardwood with an
extensive product range, including sawn or hewn building timbers,
heavy construction uses, beams, boat building, containers, crates,
boxes, industrial and domestic wood ware, tool handles, brushes,
turnery, furniture, cabinets, flooring, decking, veneers, wood based
materials like particleboard, fibreboard, medium density fibreboard,
wood wool or excelsior, pulp and paper, charcoal and firewood.
9) ACACIA RAINTREE
Acacia Raintree (Roadside Acacia) is widespread in
the Philippines, and growing along roads and rice fields.
This species is mainly used for turning bowls and gift items.
10) FALCATA
Falcata (Albizia) is a very fast grown Philippine
plantation species which is mainly used for plywood core,
and exported in quite big quantity for ply-board and
packaging materials.
11) GMELINA
Gmelina is one of the most widespread plantation
species in the Philippines. It is mainly used for indoor
furniture and for doors.
12) MERBAU
Merbau is also known as Kwila, or Ipil in the
Philippines. It is a hard species, well suited for flooring and
decking, and also popular for joinery and table tops.
13) ROSEWOOD
Manufactured into face veneer, pulp and paper making
and fancy plywood. It is also suitable for general construction,
beams, joists, paneling, bridge building, mine timber, pallets,
poles, wood piles of wharves and piers and vehicle bodies. It is
highly preferred for door faces and door components like
jambs, stops and casing that are sold in major export markets, It branches, twigs, sawdust
can be used in making charcoal briquettes.
14) TEAK
Has high-density, high-strength wood which can be
recommended for heavy-duty structural uses such as building ships
and sailboats, heavy-duty furniture, bridges and wharves, mine
timber, posts and beams.
15) APITONG
A critically endangered common medium
hardwood tree in South-East Asia and India. Its
wood is used to produce good quality charcoal,
paper pulp, and timber sold under the Keruing
designation. Its gum is used locally as a
waterproofing varnish. The tree itself is very
useful for nitrogen-fixing, erosion control, soil
improvement, and watershed regulation.
16) ALMACIGA
A species of large Agathis tree native to the
Philippines. The tree is therefore used to support areas
which do not experience adequate crop growth and is also
planted inside of existing plantations to replace existing
trees.
17) LAUAN
There are 2 species of Lawaan (lauan) tree in the
Philippines – the red and white lawaan. The red lawaan has
important commercial value and is used in house construction.
This writer has a red lawaan tree growing in his backyard and is
about 15 years old now.
18) AMUGIS
A species of tree in the Philippines, locally known as
Amugis, which is a relative of the cashew tree. This red wood is
commonly used for building houses and ships.
19) COCONUT TREE

Coconut timber is suitable for housing
components like trusses, purlins, walls, joists, doors,
window frames and jalousies. Low density coconut
wood materials (from the centre of the stem) should be
used only in non-load structures like walls and panels
while high density coconut wood (from the perimeter
of the stem) can be used for load-bearing structures
like trusses and joints.
20) IPIL
A large tree growing up to 50m in height and a diameter of
150cm. The bark is smooth, sometimes flaky, and greyish-green
with occasional whitish patches. Leaves are shiny green. Observed
to have white flowers in June. Its fruit and bark have reported
medicinal properties. The wood used in interior decor and furniture
making.

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TIERRA, REIJEN CANARY S.

LIST OF PHILIPPINE WOODS (TREES)

19) COCONUT TREE

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