Molave classified as 'Vulnerable' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009

Vitex parviflora is a species of plant in the family Verbenaceae, also known as smallflower chastetree or the molave tree. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. It is threatened by habitat loss. The name "molave" is from Spanish, derived from Tagalog mulawin. It is also known as tugas in Visayan languages.

It yields one of two woods from the same genus called molave wood, the other being Vitex cofassus. It is valued in the Philippines for its dense durable wood, and was once used extensively in furniture, boats, utensils, and as construction material. However, due to overharvesting and habitat loss, it is now classified as endangered by the Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

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Lauan or Philippine mahogany tree

Lauan Seedlings

• Botanically, the name refers to Toona calantas in the mahogany family, Meliaceae. It is endemic to the Philippines.
• In the US timber trade, it is often applied to wood of the genus Shorea in the family Dipterocarpaceae.
• Rarely, it may also refer to the narra tree (Pterocarpus indicus) in the legume family, Fabaceae.

The wood name Lauan is a loose term that applies to a number of wood species coming from southeast Asia. Another common name for this wood is Meranti: while the name Lauan is commonly used when referring to plywood made of this type of wood. (It’s also frequently called Philippine Mahogany, though Meranti/Lauan bears no relation to what is considered to be “true” mahogany in the Swietenia and Khaya genera.)

Scientifically, the name Lauan has been used to encompass most commercial lumber found in the Shorea genus, where it is very commonly used in it’s native southeast Asia. There is an abundance of variety between the difference species: each with different working properties, appearances, and mechanical strength values.

Fresh lauan heartwood is yellow to brown colored and gets darker when exposed to sunlight. The sapwood is paler then the heartwood. The wood has a moderately fine and coarse texture. The average dried weight of the wood depends on the tree type. At a moisture content of 12% it varies between 600 kg to 880 kg per cubic meter. The durability of lauan wood is classed as I to III high to moderate durability. It has high density, high bending strength and good shock resistance

The tallest lauan trees can grow to heights up to 195 feet or 60 meters. The majority of the trees are classed as evergreen but some species are semi evergreen. Leaves of these tree species are leathery and oblong to elliptic shaped. Lauan leaves can reach lengths up to 12 inches or 32 cm and vary in colour from light to dark green and yellow. The term dipterocarp from the dipterocarpaceae family means two winged fruit. Not all fruits of lauan trees have two wings and often three to five instead of only two. The fruits are egg shaped with seeds inside. These seeds contain high levels of oil used for cattle feed or as a fuel source for cooking.

Young tree species in general have smooth grey, green or reddish bark. When the trees get older the bark gets darker, rougher and sometimes deeply fissured. Lauan trees have high levels of aromatic resins. These resins are tapped by removing or carving the bark. They have many different uses such as caulking boats, varnishes, medical uses and more. Tree trunks from lauan classed trees vary in diameter. Older trees can have long and straight trunks with a diameter over 10 feet or 3 meters.

The five main groupings for Meranti (Lauan) are: Light Red Meranti, Dark Red Meranti, White Meranti, Yellow Meranti, and Balau. CDO Seedlers is now starting to produce Lauan Seedlings now

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Cocoa Farming A New Investment

Why the Philippines?

Located near the equator, the Philippines offers perfect growing conditions for cocoa farming.

Few know this more than Grover Rosit who also sells cocoa seedlings, scions, pods and seeds to other farmers hoping to cash in on rising local and international demand for chocolate.

Demand for his nursery products was so overwhelming that he could no longer hold down his job as a postman and keep up with the ever increasing list of farmers wanting to buy his trees.

Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) is a tree crop which is highly suitable or compatible under different production systems (monocrop, intercropping and agroforestry.) It is grown mainly for each beans, processed into cacao powder, cake and cacao butter. Largely used in the manufacture of chocolates, soaps, cosmetics, shampoo and other pharmaceutical products. Major Varieties of Cacao • Criollo: superior quality and relatively susceptible to pest and diseases • Forastero: high yielding variety with round pod and thick-walled which turn yellow when ripe and has a flat, violet seed: one group of forastero is Amellonado which is more genetically uniforn. • Trinitario: a hybrid between Criollo and Amellonado. • Brazillian hybrids: include Upper Amazon X Amenolado and Upper Amazon X Trinitario


Soil and climatic Requirements  Malaysian hybrids – Ideal pH is 6.5, but can tolerate to pH from 5.5 to 8.0  Type 4 climate is ideal – Grow in areas with temperatures ranging frm 19 degree C (highlands to 32 degree C (coastal areas).  Clear – Underbrush and remove all strumps.  Plow and harrow thoroughly  Coconut areas could be intercropped with cacao if coconut trees are already tall.

Establishment of road and drainage Network  In large farms, roads should be a major consideration and spaced 200 meters apart.  Drainage is important in farm as conveyance for excess water that could uproot cacao tree and wash away topsoil.  In sloping and hilly areas, drainage canals may not be necessary  Spacing distance and dimension of canals and slope gradient depends on the topography of the area.

 Soil Requirement for cacao Under Coconut  In a small farm or a plantation, different recommended high yielding varieties may be grown at the same period. Soil Condition Cocon

Under Monocropping System:  A 3m x 3m triangular spacing (1,241 plants/ha) is desirable to be grown. Planting System  1 ha, needs approx (100-135 coconut + 600 cacao trees).  TRIANGULAR (HEXAGONAL) (2.75m x 2.38m) ( 1ha. Needs 1,527 cacao + 1000 cassava hills). Planting of shade Crops In the initial years of cacao establishment, shade crops (‘nurse crops’) like coconut cacao monocropping system, shade trees are later pruned. Cacao Intercropping System 1. Cacao + cassava + corn under coconut. 2. Cacao+ banana + fruit trees under coconut. Pruning  Proper and timely pruning is required: 1. To train. Shape and achieve the economical tree height; have adequate air circulation and sunlight penetration within the crop; 2. To minimize incidences of pest and disease; and 3. To produce higher and quality yields.


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