Pagatpat PRODUCT NAME
Sonneratia caeseolaris (Linn.) Engl. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Pagatpat |
| Local Name: | Pagatpat (Cebu, Camarines, Tayabas, Cagayan, Samar, Agusan, Basilan, Zambales, Cotabato, Palawan, Mindoro, Zamboanga, Panay, Guimaras Is., Negros, Leyte, Bataan, Lanao); Bunayon (Dinagat Is.); Patpat (Butuan); Lukabban, Ilukabbaan (Cagayan); Pirara, Palalan (Cotabato); Bungalon (Masbate). |
| Family: | Sonneratiaceae |
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| Product Description: | A tree reaching a diameter of 175cm and a clear length of 26 meters. The trunk is swollen at the base, at least when young. The air roots are usually from a few centimetres to 60cm in length. Where the tree is growing in soft mud, they are much longer, and have been known to reach a length of more than 2 meters. The bark is very dark gray. The wood is moderately hard and moderately heavy to heavy. The leaves are thick and leathery, rounded at the apex, 6-10cm long, and nearly as wide as long. The fruit is hard, rounded, depressed at the apex, 3-4cm in diameter, and surrounded nearly to the middle by the calyx tube, the lobes of which are many present when the fruit is mature. The fruit contains many seeds |
| NTFP Classification: | Other commercial and industrial uses |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | Philippines |
| Description: | This is a tree outer part of the swamp, and often occurs even on exposed reefs. In some places along river banks |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | trunk |
| Uses: | The wood is used for piling; posts; foundation sills; ties, paving blocks, bridges, wharfs and ship buildings, beams, joists, rafters, hubs, spokes and other wooden tolls |
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| Partners: | Bureau of Forestry, Philippines |
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