Dipterocarpaceae FAMILY Endangered

Vatica mangachapoi

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Vatica mangachapoi is a tall, slender tree. The bole is up to 70cm in diameter[ 721 Title Commercial Woods of the Philippines; Their Preparation and Uses Publication Philippines Bureau of Forestry Bulletin No. 14 Author Schneider E.E. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Bureau of Forestry; Manilla. Year 1916 ISBN Description A series of booklets dealing with various aspects of the Philippine forests. This volume looks at the preparation and uses of the commercial woods of the Philippines. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The wood is valued as a high class construction timber. It is commonly harvested from the wild for local use and for trade. The subpopulation in China has been drastically reduced by logging and forest conversion. The plant is classified as 'Endangered' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei, Philippines.

HabitatCommon, becoming gregarious, especially on dry ridges at elevations to 800 metres in the more seasonal parts of its range; it is confined to Heath forest on podsols and shallow peats below 400 metres near the coast in Bornea[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ].