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Vavaea amicorum
Vavaea amicorum is a tree in the family Meliaceae. The specific epithet amicorum means 'of friends' and refers to the Friendly Islands (Tonga), a part of the species' native distribution.
Vavaea amicorum is native to maritime Southeast Asia from Sumatra east to New Guinea. It is also native to tropical Australia, the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Tonga and Vanuatu. Its habitat is in forests, to elevations of 1,150 m (3,800 ft). The species is present in protected areas such as, in Fiji, Nadarivatu Forest Reserve and Yadua Taba, an island wildlife sanctuary where it is the most important food of the critically endangered Fiji crested iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis).
The wood is locally used in construction and for furniture in New Guinea and the Philippines. The wood is used as incense in Sabah, Borneo.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Vavaea amicorum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
