Tabau PRODUCT NAME
Lumnitzera littorea Voigt. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Tabau |
| Local Name: | Bating, Bakting (Tawi-tawi, Jolo); Daluru-babae, Papasil (Tayabas); Sagasa (Dinagat Is.); Maoro (Surigao); Kalasiman (Culion Is.); Libato (Tayabas, Polillo, Palawan,); Panting-panting (Basilan); Kalapini (Zambales ); Karifuring (Cagayan); Anilai (Mindoro); Magalolo (Polillo); Santing (Moro, Tawi-tawi); Tabau (Capiz, Negros, Zamboanga, Sorsogon, Masbate) Dulodulok (Masbate; Sala’sa (Negros Occidental). |
| Family: | Combretaceae |
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| Product Description: | A tall tree, and a smaller tree or shrub where conditions for growth are less favourable. It reaches a diameter of 50cm and a height of 18 meters. The bark is gray when the tree is young and often nearly black when mature, coarsely furrowed, rather thick, and corky. The leaves are 5-8cm long, alternate, very thick, and fleshy, rounded at the apex and notched, and clustered towards the ends of the twigs. The fruits are woody, elongated, about 2cm long and 7mm wide, narrowed at each end, crowned by a persistent calyx rim, and contains a single seed |
| NTFP Classification: | Crafts and furniture making |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | Philippines |
| Description: | Found along rivers in the swamps |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | trunk |
| Uses: | The wood is used for furniture making and other purposes |
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| Partners: | Bureau of Forestry, Philippines |
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