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Intsia bijuga (ifil; Faux Gayac; Fehi; Gayac)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Intsia bijuga is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae, native to the Indo-Pacific. It ranges from Tanzania and Madagascar east through India and Queensland, Australia to the Pacific islands of Fiji and Samoa. It grows to around 50 metres (160 feet) tall with a highly buttressed trunk. It inhabits mangrove forests. The tree has a variety of common names including ipil, merbau and kwila. In the Philippines, it also known in some areas as taal.
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Infraspecies

Intsia bijuga var. bijuga
Intsia bijuga var. retusa

Attributes

Janka Hardness [2]  1890 lbf (857 kgf) Hard
Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Lifespan [3]  Perennial
Specific Gravity [4]  0.7
Structure [1]  Tree

Emblem of

Guam

Predators

Avahi meridionalis (Southern woolly lemur)[5]
Nipaecoccus viridis (karoo thorn mealybug)[6]
Pinnaspis strachani (lesser snow scale)[6]
Thalassodes pilaria[7]
Eunymphicus cornutus uvaeensis (Ouvea horned parakeet)[8]

Consumers

Shelter for 
Daubentonia madagascariensis (aye-aye)[9]
Eunymphicus cornutus uvaeensis (Ouvea horned parakeet)[8]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 2Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
♦ 3USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 4Properties of Imported Tropical Woods, B. FRANCIS KUKACHKA, U.S. Department of Agriculture - Forest Service
♦ 5Feeding Patterns and Dietary Profile of Nocturnal Southern Woolly Lemurs (Avahi meridionalis) in Southeast Madagascar, Ivan Norscia & Jean Baptiste Ramanamanjato & Jörg U. Ganzhorn, Int J Primatol (2012) 33:150–167
♦ 6Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 7Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
♦ 8Activity patterns, habitat use, foraging behaviour and food selection of the Ouvéa Parakeet (Eunymphicus cornutus uvaeensis), Olivier Robinet, Vincent Bretagnolle and Mick Clout, Emu, 2003, 103, 71–80
♦ 9Daubentonia madagascariensis, Aleta Quinn and Don E. Wilson, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 740, pp. 1–6 (2004)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0