A large tree from the Philippines and nearby regions, yielding a hard wood used in construction.
From Tagalog and other Philippine languages, the native name for this timber tree. The term entered English through colonial botanical cataloging.
The agao tree represents the incredible biodiversity of Philippine forests—before deforestation, these trees were a crucial resource for builders, but they're now increasingly rare, making them a symbol of how rapidly tropical timber species can disappear!
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