Vitex cofassus

Short description: Species of tree

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[1]

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

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

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