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Vitex cofassus

Vitex cofassus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Vitex
Species: V. cofassus
Binomial name
Vitex cofassus
Reinw. ex Blume

Vitex cofassus is a species of woody plant in the Lamiaceae family. Native to New Guinea and the Southwest Pacific islands, "New Guinea teak" is planted for its hardwood, used in construction, in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines.

It yields one of two woods from the same genus that are each called Molave Wood, the other being the timber of Vitex parviflora.


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