| dbo:abstract
|
- Vitex parviflora is a species of plant in the family Verbenaceae, also known as smallflower chastetree or the molave tree. The name "molave" is from Spanish, derived from mulawin, the Tagalog word for the tree. 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 a native species in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. It can also be found in Central and South America, the Caribbean, Oceania, and Asia. It was reported to be an invasive species in Guam and Hawaii after it became naturalized in O’ahu and escaped from cultivation in Guam. In Cuba, it is also considered as a possibly invasive species due to naturalization. It is valued in the Philippines for its dense durable wood and was once used extensively in furniture, boats, utensils, and as construction material. The wood is also known to resist decay and termites. It became a protected species in the Philippines and it is illegal to cut its tree under certain conditions. Before 2019, it was listed as critically endangered, threatened and vulnerable in the assessments recorded in the IUCN Red List. As of 2017, the Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources classified it as endangered due to overharvesting and habitat loss. Although in 2019, the species was reassessed and declared as least concern by IUCN. (en)
- Vitex parviflora är en kransblommig växtart som beskrevs av Antoine Laurent de Jussieu. Vitex parviflora ingår i släktet Vitex och familjen kransblommiga växter. IUCN kategoriserar arten globalt som sårbar. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life. (sv)
- 小花牡荊，又稱為莫拉菲樹，生長於印尼、馬來西亞與菲律賓一帶。「莫拉菲」（molave）一詞來自於他加祿語 mulawin 的西班牙語音譯。 小花牡荊在菲律賓曾廣泛被作為家具、船隻、廚具及建材之用，但因為濫伐與棲地流失，現已被菲律賓政府列為當地的瀕危物種。 (zh)
|
.jpg?width=300)
.jpg){kind=link}