Vitex zeylanica Turcz.
Taxonomy
- Species:
- Vitex zeylanica Turcz.
- Genus:
- Vitex
- Family:
- Verbenaceae
Synonym(s)
Common Names
- Gofasa (Maluku, Indonesia)
- Gofasa (Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia)
- Gofasa (North Sulawesi, Indonesia)
- Gofasa (Central Sulawesi, Indonesia)
- laban (Nangroe Aceh Darusalam, Indonesia)
- laban (Bali, Indonesia)
- laban (Nusa Tenggara Barat, Indonesia)
- laban (Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia)
- laban (North Sumatra, Indonesia)
- laban (West Kalimantan, Indonesia)
- laban (Central Kalimantan, Indonesia)
- laban (South Kalimantan, Indonesia)
- laban (East Kalimantan, Indonesia)
- laban (North Sulawesi, Indonesia)
- laban (South Sulawesi, Indonesia)
- laban (West Sumatra, Indonesia)
- laban (Afghanistan)
- laban (Riau, Indonesia)
- laban (Jambi, Indonesia)
- laban (South Sumatra, Indonesia)
- laban (Bengkulu, Indonesia)
- laban (Lampung, Indonesia)
Properties
Botanic
A medium-sized tree up to 25(-33) m tall; leaves 3-foliolate, petiole winged towards the apex.
Leaflets slightly pubescent below.
Inflorescence axillary and terminal, paniculate; calyx lobes subequal, c. 1 mm long, corolla whitish-purple to violet.
Fruit subglobose, 5-8 mm in diameter, bluish-black when mature.
Habitat
V. altissima is common in forests in India and Sri Lanka, but probably rather rare in Malesia.
Cultivation and Marketing
Uses and Function
Ornamental: The tree seems to have good prospects as an ornamental.
Medicine: The juice from the bark is used externally against rheumatic swellings and chest pains.
Tannin or dyestuff: A yellow dye can be extracted from the wood.
Timber: The timber is used for construction, cabinet-work, furniture, turnery, agricultural implements and cart wheels; it is highly prized in India and Sri Lanka.
Variable
Wood Density
1 row
| 0.8 | 1.01 | 0.9050 | 15 | Lemmens, R.H.M.J., Soerjanegara, I. and Wong, W.C. (Editors), 1995. Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 5(2). Timber trees: Minor commercial timbers. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 655 pp. |
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- If the Moisture Content column is undefined, you may assume the value of 15%
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