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Specimen : Wild trees

Habitat : Riverine and limestone forest

Local name : Dao

Trade names : Pacific Walnut, Dao

Botanical name : Dracontomelon dao

Family : Anacardiaceae

Height : 30-35 meters

Traits : Buttress-forming; Evergreen to partly deciduous; Fast growing; Large tree; Shade tolerant

Used for : The fruit and the seed kernel are edibe; Leaves and flowers are eaten as vegetable or used as flavoring; Bark, leaves and flowers are used in traditional medicine; Premium hardwood used for carving, interior works, in making furnitures, musical instruments, decorative veneers, plywoods and novelties; Firewood and charcoal

Recommendations : Agroforestry; Boundary marker; Farms; Large avenues; Large backyards; Plantations; Public spaces; Riparian management; Roadside tree; Specimen tree; Urban greening; Wildcrafting; Windbreak

Native range : India, China, the Malayan peninsula, the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and neighboring Pacific islands

National conservation status : Vulnerable species (DENR AO 2007-01)

Threat : Forestry logging

Further readings :

DENR Administrative Order 2007-1 (Establishing the National List of Threatened Philippine Plants and their Categories, and the List of Other Wildlife Species)

Philippine Woods : Principal Uses, Distribution & Equivalent Woods in Asia Pacific (A. Ella, A. Tongacan, R. Escobin & F. Pitargue)

World Agroforestryhttp://www.worldagroforestry.org/af/treedb/AFTPDFS/Dracontomelon_dao.pdf (1079)

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