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[1]
  • 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.[1] "New Guinea teak" is planted for its hardwood, used in construction, in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines.[2][3]

In the Solomon Islands it is a characteristic tree of lowland forests, often co-dominant with Pometia pinnata.[4]

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. ^ a b 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
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