Dipterocarpus grandiflorus (Blanco) Blanco

  • Filed As

    Dipterocarpaceae
    Dipterocarpus grandiflorus (Blanco) Blanco

  • Collector(s)

    E. D. Merrill 119, Jul 1914

  • Location

    Philippines. Bataan. Luzon.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 5002922

    Occurrence ID: 03bd63ad-2646-4e92-aabb-244b314fea0d

  • Local Name

    apitong

  • Level 1 Use

    MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS

  • Level 2 Use

    Wood

  • Level 3 Use

    Construction Material

  • Use Notes

    It is almost universally known as apitong, a name rarely applied to any other species, and apitong is the commercial name of the timber produced by this tree.

DIPTEROCARPACEAE
DIPTEROCARPUS Linnaeus
Mocanera grandiflora Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 451 (sp: nov.) DIPTERO-
CARPUS GRAND! FLO R U S Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 314 (tram,
nov^;, ed, 8, 2. (1878) 218, t. p68.
This species is common and widely distributed in the Phil-
ippines, occurring in the primeval forest at low and medium
altitudes. It is almost universally known as apitong, a name
rarely applied to any other species, and apitong is the commercial
name of the timber produced by this tree.
Illustrative specimen from Bataan Province, Luzon, July/1914
{Merrill: "Specie? Blancoanae No. 119).
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