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Vitex cofassus

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Species of tree

Vitex cofassus
Leaves
Flower
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Vitex
Species: V. cofassus
Binomial name
Vitex cofassus
Reinw. ex Blume (1826)
Synonyms
  • Vitex cofassus f. anomala Moldenke (1951)
  • Vitex cofassus var. puberula H.J.Lam (1919)
  • Vitex monophylla K.Schum. (1889)
  • Vitex punctata Schauer (1847)

Vitex cofassus is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is a tree native to Sulawesi, the Maluku Islands, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands, Caroline Islands, and Mariana Islands. "New Guinea teak" is planted for its hardwood, used in construction, in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines.

In the Solomon Islands it is a characteristic tree of lowland forests, often co-dominant with Pometia pinnata.

It yields one of two woods from the same genus that are each called Molave Wood, the other being the timber of Vitex parviflora.

References

  1. ^ Vitex cofassus Reinw. ex Blume. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  2. National Tropical Botanical Garden: Vitex cofassus
  3. Solomon Islands
  4. Mueller-Dombois, Dieter, and Francis Raymond Fosberg (1998). Vegetation of the tropical Pacific islands, pp. 57-81. Springer. ISBN 9780387983134, 0387983139
Taxon identifiers
Vitex cofassus
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