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Vitex cofassus
Also called Vitex
Vitex cofassus is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is a tree native to Sulawesi, the Maluku Islands, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands, Caroline Islands, and Mariana Islands. "New Guinea teak" is planted for its hardwood, used in construction, in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines.
In the Solomon Islands it is a characteristic tree of lowland forests, often co-dominant with Pometia pinnata.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Vitex cofassus 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.
