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General Information

Vatica mangachapoi is a tall, slender tree. The bole is up to 70cm in diameter[].
The wood is valued as a high class construction timber. It is commonly harvested from the wild for local use and for trade.
The subpopulation in China has been drastically reduced by logging and forest conversion. The plant is classified as 'Endangered' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[].

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

Range

Southeast Asia - Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei, Philippines.

Habitat

Common, becoming gregarious, especially on dry ridges at elevations to 800 metres in the more seasonal parts of its range; it is confined to Heath forest on podsols and shallow peats below 400 metres near the coast in Bornea[].

Properties

Conservation Status	Endangered
Other Uses Rating
Habit	Tree
Height	0.00 m
Cultivation Status	Wild

Cultivation Details

Not known

Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal

None known

Other Uses

The heartwood is a pale yellow when fresh, turning brown on exposure, often with small, indistinct dull greenish brown streaks and mottlings; it is clearly demarcated from the 3 - 10cm wide band of straw coloured sapwood that generally stains to light gray or brown in drying. The texture is very fine and dense; the grain straight or slightly crossed, showing little or no ribbon when quarter-sawn; silver grain fine and inconspicuous. The wood is hard to very hard; heavy to very heavy; the heartwood is very durable, though the sapwood is very susceptible to attacks of both fungi and insects. It seasons well, warping and splitting less than the yacals (Hopea spp). The wood is hard to saw and shape but, on account of its fine and straight grain, it is fairly easy to obtain a fine surface. It is used for a wide variety of purposes including all high-grade permanent construction except salt water piling; posts, beams, joists and rafters; bridges, wharfs, ship framing and decks; flooring; hubs, spokes, felloes, axles, poles etc; ax, peavy and cant-hook handles, capstan bars, levers of all kinds; tool handles; cabinetwork; railroad ties; paving blocks[, ].

Propagation

Seed -

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