A large tropical hardwood tree native to Southeast Asia, valued for its beautiful reddish-brown wood used in furniture and construction.
From Tagalog/Filipino language, the name of the tree in its native region. The word entered English through colonial trade routes in Southeast Asia.
Narra is the national tree of the Philippines and its wood is so hard and rot-resistant that it's been used for centuries in shipbuilding—Spanish galleons used it!
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