Petersianthus quadrialatus | |
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Specimen of Petersianthus quadrialatus collected in Samar (1916). | |
Conservation status
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Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Lecythidaceae |
Genus: | Petersianthus |
Species: | P. quadrialatus
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Binomial name | |
Petersianthus quadrialatus (Merr.) Merr.
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Synonyms | |
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Petersianthus quadrialatus (also called toog and Philippine rosewood) is an emergent tropical rainforest tree species in the Lecythidaceae family. In the Visayas region called kapullan, in the Samar and Leyte areas - magtalisai. It is an indigenous tree species in the southeastern Philippines and one of the largest tree species in the Philippines islands.