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 (1081)