Vitex Cofassus

Vitex cofassus
	Leaves
	Flower
Scientific 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
	Vitex cofassus f. anomala Moldenke (1951); Vitex cofassus var. puberula H.J.Lam (1919); Vitex monophylla K.Schum. (1889); Vitex punctata Schauer (1847);

Short description: Species of tree

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

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Vitex cofassus Reinw. ex Blume. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
↑ National Tropical Botanical Garden: Vitex cofassus
↑ Solomon Islands
↑ Mueller-Dombois, Dieter, and Francis Raymond Fosberg (1998). Vegetation of the tropical Pacific islands, pp. 57-81. Springer. ISBN 9780387983134, 0387983139

Wikidata ☰ Q7937051 entry

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[powo-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Vitex cofassus Reinw. ex Blume. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 10 January 2024.

[2] National Tropical Botanical Garden: Vitex cofassus

[3] Solomon Islands

[Fosberg-4] Mueller-Dombois, Dieter, and Francis Raymond Fosberg (1998). Vegetation of the tropical Pacific islands, pp. 57-81. Springer. ISBN 9780387983134, 0387983139