Vitex cofassus

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

Vitex cofassus is a species of woody plant in the family Lamiaceae. Native to New Guinea and the Southwest Pacific islands,[1] "New Guinea teak" is planted for its hardwood, used in construction, in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines.[2]

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[edit]

1. ^ Solomon Islands
2. ^ National Tropical Botanical Garden: Vitex cofassus

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q7937051
* Wikispecies: Vitex cofassus
* CoL: 5BL2S
* GBIF: 3881501
* GRIN: 313012
* iNaturalist: 1107431
* IPNI: 865659-1
* IUCN: 62019839
* NCBI: 384981
* Open Tree of Life: 206311
* Plant List: kew-213392
* Plazi: 3F3D4E06-A22A-3475-7AF4-0875251F609C
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:865659-1
* Tropicos: 33701652
* WFO: wfo-0000333021
* ZooBank: 847C7EA8-C639-4CEA-AD36-E0FC1F07D6E0

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