Specimen : Cultivated, juvenile
Local name : Kalantas
Botanical name : Toona calantas
Family : Meliaceae
Traits : Fast-growing; Deciduous; Low to medium altitude tree; Medium-sized to large tree
Recommendations : Erosion control; Farms; Large avenues; Living fence; Public spaces; Riparian management; Roadside tree; Timber plantations; Urban greening; Windbreak
Used for : Wood used for furniture, wooden containers; musical instruments, interior works and carving
Native range : Malaysia, Indonesia, The Philippines and New Guinea
National conservation status : Critically Endangered Species (DENR AO 2007-1)
Further readings :
ASEAN Tropical Plant Database - Toona calantas http://211.114.21.20/tropicalplant/html/print.jsp?rno=193
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)
Revised Lexicon of Philippine Trees (J. Rojo) (167)
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