Vitex parviflora
Encyclopedia
Vitex parviflora is a species of plant
in the Verbenaceae
family, known mostly as Molave Tree. It is found in Indonesia
, Malaysia, and the Philippines
. It is threatened by habitat loss.
It yields one of two woods from the same genus called Molave Wood, the other being Vitex cofassus
.
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
in the Verbenaceae
Verbenaceae
Verbenaceae, commonly known as the verbena family or vervain family, is a family of mainly tropical flowering plants. It contains trees, shrubs and herbs notable for heads, spikes, or clusters of small flowers, many of which have an aromatic smell.Recent phylogenetic studies have shown that...
family, known mostly as Molave Tree. It is found in Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
, Malaysia, and the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. It is threatened by habitat loss.
It yields one of two woods from the same genus called Molave Wood, the other being Vitex cofassus
Vitex cofassus
Vitex cofassus is a species of plant in the Lamiaceae family. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines.It yields one of two woods from the same genus called Molave Wood, the other being Vitex parviflora....
.
Source
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Vitex parviflora. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 August 2007.
- http://www.mosaikparkett.se/M.htm