Api-api PRODUCT NAME
Avicennia alba Blume. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Api-api |
| Local Name: | Kachuchis (Surigao); Piapi (Misamis); Pundung (Cotabato). |
| Family: | Verbenaceae |
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| Product Description: | The leaves are leathery, pointed at the apex, narrowed at the base, either smooth on both surfaces or with whitish hairs beneath, especially when young;5-7cm long, 2.5-5cm broad. The midrib is prominent. The flowers without individual stalks, grow either in small heads or in spikes. The fruit is a capsule 1-2cm in length and contains 1 seed which completely fills the lower part of the capsule |
| NTFP Classification: | Crafts and furniture making, Other commercial and industrial uses |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | Philippines |
| Description: | This species is found throughout the Philippine Archipelago |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | trunk |
| Uses: | The wood is used for furniture and for construction building |
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| Partners: | Bureau of Forestry, Philippines |
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