Tropical Plant Database - Plant Details

The bark and leaves of the ipil are used in traditional medicines.
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Native to the Indo-Pacific. It ranges from Tanzania and Madagascar east through India and Queensland, Australia to the Pacific island of Samoa.[1] It grows to around 50 meters (160 feet) tall with a highly buttressed trunk. It inhabits mangrove swamps.
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Due to extensive logging of the tree, it is endangered in many places in Southeast Asia, and almost extinct in some.
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The tree's timber, called merbau or kwila, is a very durable and termite-resistant wood, making it a highly valued material for flooring and other uses. The wood can also be used to extract a dye. Merbau can contain a "gold" fleck that runs through the grain, considered to be attractive by some.
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We currently have 33 herbarium specimens for Intsia bijuga in our collection. Click on any specimen below to view the herbarium sheet data.

• S048740 - collected by Tessa Miller in Unknown
• 030453 - collected by W. Soegong in 1960
• 072466 - collected by Art Whistler in 1973
• 072468 - collected by Art Whistler in 1973
• 030364 - collected by D. Mueller-Dombois in 1981
• 031599 - collected by Gordon McPherson in 1983
• 004141 - collected by Gordon McPherson in 1983
• 010283 - collected by Tim Flynn in 1988
• S062663 - collected by Tim Flynn in 1988
• 014351 - collected by Wayne Takeuchi in 1989
• 072467 - collected by Art Whistler in 1991
• 014960 - collected by Derral Herbst in 1991
• 072464 - collected by Art Whistler in 1991
• 022417 - collected by K. R. Wood in 1994
• 023819 - collected by Steve Perlman in 1994
• 037910 - collected by Art Whistler in 1995
• 072469 - collected by Art Whistler in 1997
• 027120 - collected by Diane Ragone in 1998
• 089582 - collected by Art Whistler in 1998
• 072465 - collected by Art Whistler in 2001
• 047449 - collected by P. Raynor in 2002
• 051092 - collected by Michael J. Balick in 2007
• 094669 - collected by S. T. Wakuk in 2007
• 062407 - collected by Steve Perlman in 2008
• 055319 - collected by Clay Trauernicht in 2008
• 065396 - collected by Nancy Vander Velde in 2009
• 091279 - collected by Nancy Vander Velde in 2009
• 090858 - collected by Nancy Vander Velde in 2009
• 067973 - collected by Nancy Vander Velde in 2009
• 061124 - collected by Nancy Vander Velde in 2010
• 092298 - collected by Gregory M. Plunkett in 2013
• 087971 - collected by David H. Lorence in 2022
• 090719 - collected by Uma Nagendra in 2022