Plant Information:
Agathis philippinensis
SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Araucariaceae (Very Ancient Family of Coniferous Trees / AKA araucarians)
Genus: Agathis (Evergreen Trees)
Species: philippinensis
SYNONYMS
Agathis alba (paconfirm)
Agathus regia
Agathis dammara
DISTRIBUTION
Philippines:
Cagayan, Isabela, Lepanto , Benguet , Abra, Zambales, Nueva Ecija, Bataan , Rizal , Tayabas ,
Polillo , Mindoro , Camarines , Albay , Sorsogon , Calayan Island , Sibuyan, Negros , Samar, Palawan ,
Misamis, Davao , and Zamboanga.
Indonesia
COMMON NAME
English: Manila Copal / Kauri
Filipino: Almaciga / Almasiga / Dayungon
Indonesia: Damar
TRADE NAME: Manila Copal / Kauri
LOCAL NAME
Adiangau (Camarines); Alinsago (Benguet; Almaciga (Mindoro, Lepanto, Bataan ,Tayabas, Benguet,
Zambales, Palawan, Camarines, Negros); Alamaciga-babae (Bataan); Aninga (Isabela); Aningat (Calayaan
Is.); Anteng (Nueva Ecija); Bagtik, Baltik (Palawan); Biayo (Bisaya); Bidiangau (Negros Occidental); Bunsog
(Benguet); Dadiangau (Sorsogon, Polillo, Tayabas, Negros); Dadungoi (Albay, Sorsogon); Gala, gala
(Bataan, Palawan); Ladiangau Camarines, Sorsogon, Tayabas); Makau (Misamis); Pino (Samar); Salong
(Cagayan, Negros); Titau (Abra); Uli (Zambales).
CLASSIFICATION
Growth Habit: Tree
Life Cycle: Perennial / But the harvest of Resin is Annual
Mode of Reproduction: Sexual
FEATURES
A large pine tree growing up to 50m high and trunk up to 3m in diameter. Bark is gray, smooth
and exuding resin. Leathery leaves are opposite, broad, lanceolate to ovate up to 7cm long and 2cm
wide. Five cm long male cones are cylindrical; female cones subglobose up to 8 cm long. Seeds are
winged and oval shaped.
The tree is very common in the Philippines’ mountain slopes and in fact, it attains the best
development on well drained slopes at from 600 to 1500 meters of elevation.
SCANNED DOCUMENTS