Tabigi PRODUCT NAME
Xylocarpus granatum Koen. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Tabigi |
| Local Name: | Tabigi (Lanao, Cebu, Tayabas, Gumaras Is., Zamboanga, Negros, Dinagat Is., Camarines, Masbate, Agusan, Sorsogon, Leyte, Marindoque, Panay, Basilan, Palawan, Samar, Cotabato, Culion); Puli (Basilan Is.); Kulimbaning (Culion Is.); Tambo-tambo (Zambales, Tayabas); Piagau (Masbate, Zamboanga). |
| Family: | Meliaceae |
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| Product Description: | A medium-sized to large tree, reaching a diameter of 100centimeters, with thin, smooth, and light colored bark. The bark contains a large amount of tannin. The inner bark is dark red and furnishes a dark-red dye. The trunk usually crooked and very often rotten. The roots frequently extend for a considerable distance trough the mud. They are crooked, and the projecting parts very narrow on top. The wood is moderately hard and moderately heavy. The sapwood is small in amount, whitish; the heartwood red. The grain is straight or slightly crossed; the texture fine and glossy. The leaves are alternate and compound with 1-3 pairs leaflets. The flowering branches are usually from 3.5-7cm in length. The flowers about 6mm long. The stalks are from 7-13mm in length. The fruit is from 17-25cm in diameter and round, with a thick, corky, leathery, covering, which usually splits into 4 pieces as the fruit dries. The fruit contains a number of corky, more or less pyramidal seeds, which float, with the small end up, until after germination |
| NTFP Classification: | Crafts and furniture making |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | Philippines |
| Description: | This species found at the tidal streams and widely distributed throughout the Philippines |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | trunk |
| Uses: | The wood is used for furniture making |
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| Partners: | Bureau of Forestry, Philippines |
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