Philippine
Native Trees
"
“THEY ARE OURS. THEY ARE OUR HERITAGE. THEY ARE
OUR TREASURE. THEY ARE THE CROWNING GLORY OF
THE PHILIPPINE FOREST” - DAVID CASTOR.
THE PHILIPPINES HAS 3,600 IDENTIFIED NATIVE TREES,
67% OF WHICH ARE ENDEMIC, FOUND ONLY IN THE
COUNTRY.
UNFORTUNATELY, THEY ARE AMONG THE 52,000
TREES
BEING
SLAUGHTERED
DAILY
DUE
TO
DEFORESTATION, SLASH-AND-BURN FARMING, AND
LAND CONVERSION, LEAVING ONLY 24% OF THE
NATION'S LAND AREA TO REMAIN.
THE PROBLEM PERSISTS WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF
NON-ENDEMIC TREES, SUCH AS THE CHERRY
BLOSSOMS IN BENGUET, WHICH ARE DOING MORE
HARM THAN GOOD. NOT ONLY DO THEY BEAR NO
ECOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE, BUT THESE TREES ARE
ALSO SET TO COMPETE WITH, EVEN COMPLETELY
OVERPOWER, THE COUNTRY'S NATURAL FLORA AND,
SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ECOSYSTEM.
Why should we care?
1
NATIVE TREES NATURALLY ADAPT TO THE LOCAL CLIMATE AND GEOLOGY,
MAKING THEM MORE RESILIENT TO EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS, UNLIKE
SHALLOW-ROOTED, EXOTIC TREES
2
THEY FORM INTRICATE NETWORKS WITH THE NATIVE FAUNA, PROVIDING
THEM WITH HABITATS AND PROLONGING THEIR EXISTENCE
3
NOT ONLY DO THEY MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE BY ABSORBING
GREENHOUSE GASES WHILE RECIPROCATING OXYGEN, BUT THEY PROTECT
WATERSHEDS AND FRESHWATER RESOURCES, AS WELL
4
THEY PROVIDE ECOLOGICAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC MEANS OF SUPPLYING
RAW MATERIALS AND SECURING THE LIVELIHOODS OF COMMUNITIES
5
THEY ESTABLISH THE IDENTITY OF THE COUNTRY'S NATURAL LANDSCAPE
AND SERVE AS A FOUNDATION OF CULTURE, ESPECIALLY FOR INDIGENOUS
FILIPINOS
What should be done?
PROMOTE URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT TO HELP CLEAN THE AIR IN CITIES
PROVIDE SHADE-PROVIDING TREES FOR CAR PARKS AND SIDEWALKS TO
MAKE CITIES MORE WALKABLE AND LIVABLE, THUS ADDRESSING THE URBAN
HEAT ISLAND PHENOMENON
IMPROVE DESIGNS OF STREETSCAPES BY PROVIDING NATIVE GREENERY,
WHICH CAN ALSO ABSORB TOXIC STORMWATER RUNOFF FROM ROADS AND
SIDEWALKS
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RATINGS
SCIENTIFIC NAME
CASUARINA EQUISETIFOLIA
MILLETTIA PINNATA
COMMON NAMES
AUSTRALIAN PINE, IRON WOOD, HORSETAIL SHE-OAK, AGOHO
PONGAM, POONGA OIL TREE, INDIAN BEECH, BANI
FAMILY NAME
CASUARINA
FABACEAE
PLANT ORIGIN
SOUTHEAST ASIA, AUSTRALIA, THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
THE PHILIPPINES, THE MASCARENE ISLANDS, TROPICAL ASIA FROM MALAYA
TO AUSTRALIA AND POLYNESIA
BRIEF
DESCRIPTION
LARGE, PERENNIAL, EVERGREEN TREE WITH AN OPEN CANOPY AND A
NARROW, PYRAMIDAL CROWN THAT GROWS ALONG SANDY COASTS AND
COASTAL FORESTS
BROWN AND ROUGH BARK WITH SLENDER, DROOPING BRANCHLETS
RESEMBLING HORSE HAIR
GREEN TO GREENISH-GRAY NEEDLE-LIKE TWIGS SURROUNDING TRUE,
MINUTE-SCALE LEAVES IN WHORLS
DIOECIOUS FLOWERS
SMALL, FLATTENED, WINGED NUTS CONTAINED IN CONE-LIKE CLUSTERS
AS FRUITS, WHICH SPLIT OPEN RIPE
MEDIUM-SIZED, SEMI-DECIDUOUS TREE, SMOOTH TREE WITH A GRAYISHBROWN BARK AND HEMISPHERICAL CROWN
IMPARIPINNATE, ALTERNATE, LEATHERY, OVATE LEAVES WITH 5-7
LEAFLETS, THE TERMINAL ONE LARGER THAN THE REST; PINK WHEN
YOUNG, DARK GREEN WHEN MATURE
CLUSTERS OF PINK AND WHITE FLOWERS BORNE ON HAIRY, AXILLARY
RACEMES
SMOOTH, WOODY, PALE BROWN, OBLONG PODS; USUALLY CONTAINS ONE
SEED EACH
GROWTH
MEASUREMENTS
HEIGHT: 30-40M
CROWN WIDTH: 15M
HEIGHT: 8-25M
USAGE
COASTAL AREAS, INFERTILE SOILS, ROADSIDES, PARKS, GARDENS
ROCKY AND SANDY SHORES, COASTAL AREAS, WATER-LOGGED SOILS, DRAIN
SITES, PARKS, GARDENS
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RATINGS
SCIENTIFIC NAME
ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS
PTEROCARPUS INDICUS
COMMON NAMES
WHITE CHEESE WOOD, BLACKBOARD TREE, DEVIL TREE, DITA
ROSEWOOD, RED
MAHOGANY, NARRA
FAMILY NAME
APOCYNACEAE
FABACEAE
PLANT ORIGIN
THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT, SOUTHERN CHINA, INDOCHINA, PHILIPPINES,
SOUTHEAST ASIA, THE PACIFIC
MALAYSIA, INDONESIA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, TROPICAL AUSTRALIA
BRIEF
DESCRIPTION
MEDIUM TO LARGE, PERENNIAL, EVERGREEN, TIERED TREE WITH A GRAY
BARK WITH HORIZONTAL LENTICELS; SHEDDING REVEALS A CREAMCOLORED INNER BARK WITH COPIOUS WHITE SAP
WHORLED, ELLIPTIC TO OBOVATE, GLOSSY, DARK GREEN LEAVES WITH
LATERAL VEINS AND A PALER UNDERSIDE
FRAGRANT, HAIRY, WHITE, CREAM, OR GREEN FLOWERS BORNE ON
TERMINAL PANICLES; RICH SOURCES OF NECTAR
SLENDER LINEAR DEHISCENT FOLLICLE FRUITS
GROWTH
MEASUREMENTS
HEIGHT: 25-40M
CROWN WIDTH: 10M
GRITH: 1M
USAGE
WELL-DRAINED AND FERTILE
GARDENS, SHADE PROVISION
SANDALWOOD,
ROSEWOOD,
PHILIPPINE
NATIONAL TREE OF THE COUNTRY; VULNERABLE CONSERVATION STATUS
MAJESTIC, PERENNIAL, REDDISH HARDWOOD TREE WITH A DOME-SHAPED
CROWN AND WEEPING BRANCHES; MULTI-STEMMED TRUNK AND FINELY
FISSURED, SCALY GREY-BROWN BARK
IMPARIPINNATE, ALTERNATE, BROADLY OVATE TO ELLIPTIC LEAFLETS WITH
THE TERMINAL ONE LARGER THAN THE REST
FRAGRANT, YELLOW FLOWERS BORNE ON AXILLARY PANICLES WITH
BANNER AND KEEL PETALS
FLAT, DISC-LIKE POD FRUITS WITH FLATTENED WINGS SURROUNDING A
CENTRAL PART
HEIGHT: 40M
GIRTH: 2M
LOAMY
SOILS,
ROADSIDES,
BUTTERFLY WELL-DRAINED AND FERTILE LOAMY SOILS, COASTAL AREAS, ROADSIDES,
SHADE PROVISION
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RATINGS
SCIENTIFIC NAME
VITEX PARVIFLORA
INTSIA BIJUGA
COMMON NAMES
VITEX, MOLAVE, AMUGAUAN, SAGAT
SCRUB MAHOGANY, PACIFIC TEAK, IPIL
FAMILY NAME
LAMIACEAE
FABACEAE
PLANT ORIGIN
THE PHILIPPINES, INDONESIA
EAST AFRICA THROUGH SOUTHERN INDIA AND SINGAPORE, SOUTHEAST ASIA
TO NORTHERN AUSTRALIA, POLYNESIA
BRIEF
DESCRIPTION
KNOWN TO BE ONE OF THE TREES THAT PRODUCE THE HARDEST WOODS
MEDIUM TO LARGE TREE WITH SMOOTH TO FLAKY, PALE GRAY TO PALE
YELLOWISH-BROWN BARK AND PALE YELLOW TO ORANGE INNER BARK
OPPOSITE, TRIFOLIATE, OVATE TO LANCEOLATE LEAFLETS WITH
YELLOWISH-GREEN HAIRS AND GLANDS ON THE UNDERSIDE
FRAGRANT BLUE FLOWERS BORNE ON TERMINAL PANICLES
SUBGLOBOSE, PURPLISH-BLACK DRUPE FRUITS
MEDIUM-SIZED, SLOW-GROWING, EVERGREEN TREE WITH ROUNDED
BUTTRESSES UP TO 4M TALL AND 2M WIDE; ORANGE-TINGED, GRAY BARK
AND LIGHT BROWN INNER BARK WITH BROWN SPECS
ALTERNATE OR SPIRAL, BROADLY OVAL OR EGG-SHAPED, THIN, LEATHERY
LEAVES
FRAGRANT, AXILLARY, WHITE OR PINK FLOWERS BORNE ON PANICLES
WOODY, TARDILY DEHISCENT, OBLONG, SLIGHTLY FLAT, BROWN OR BLACK
POD FRUITS
GROWTH
MEASUREMENTS
HEIGHT: 8-15M, RARELY UP TO 25M
GRITH: 1.25-2M
HEIGHT: 20-45M
GIRTH: 0.5-5M
USAGE
PARKS, GARDENS, SHELTERBELTS, REFORESTATION
COASTAL AREAS, PARKS, GARDENS, ROADSIDES
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RATINGS
SCIENTIFIC NAME
DIOSPYROS BLANCOI
DRACONTOMELON DAO
COMMON NAMES
BUTTER FRUIT, MABOLO, KAMAGONG
PACIFIC WALNUT, NEW GUINEA WALNUT, DAO
FAMILY NAME
EBENACEAE
ANACARDIACEAE
PLANT ORIGIN
THE PHILIPPINES
INDIA, SOUTH CHINA, INDOCHINA, PHILIPPINES, MALAYSIA, INDONESIA, PAPUA
NEW GUINEA
BRIEF
DESCRIPTION
PERENNIAL, EVERGREEN TREE WITH A CONICAL CROWN; ENDANGERED
CONSERVATION STATUS
ALTERNATE, OBLONG, LEATHERY, DARK GREEN LEAVES WITH AN ACUTE
TIP AND SILVERY. HAIRY UNDERSIDE; PINKISH WHEN YOUNG
AXILLARY, SOLITARY, WHITE FLOWERS; FEMALES ARE LARGER
FLESHY, GLOBOSE BERRY FRUITS COVERED WITH SHORT BROWN HAIRS
LARGE, PERENNIAL, EVERGREEN TREE WITH A DENSE ROUNDED CROWN
STRAIGHT, CYLINDRICAL, BUTTRESSED BOLE, UNBRANCHED TO 15M
HEIGHT; GRAYISH-BROWN OUTER BARK AND PINK INNER BARK THAT
PRODUCES RESIN
PINNATE, ALTERNATE, GLOSSY, OBLONG LEAVES WITH AN ACUTE TIP
SMALL, FRAGRANT, WHITE FLOWERS BORN ON PENDULOUS PANICLES
SLIGHTLY FLESHY, CLUSTERING, GLOBOSE DRUPE FRUITS THAT RIPEN
FROM GREEN TO YELLOW
GROWTH
MEASUREMENTS
HEIGHT: 7-20M
GIRTH: 0.5-0.8M
HEIGHT: 36M
GIRTH: 1M
USAGE
MOIST AND FERTILE LOAMY SOILS, PARKS, GARDENS, ROADSIDES, SHADE
WATERLOGGED SOILS, DRAIN SITES, WATER GARDENS
PROVISION
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RATINGS
SCIENTIFIC NAME
LAGERSTROEMIA SPECIOSA
SANDORICUM KOETJAPE
COMMON NAMES
QUEEN'S FLOWER, PRIDE OF INDIA, CREPE MYRTLE, BANABA
LOLLY FRUIT, WILD MANGOSTEEN, SANTOL
FAMILY NAME
LYTHRACEAE
MELIACEAE
PLANT ORIGIN
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT, SOUTHERN CHINA, INDOCHINA, THE PHILIPPINES,
SUMATRA THROUGH PENINSULAR MALAYSIA AND BORNEO TO NEW GUINEA
MALAYSIA, INDONESIA
BRIEF
DESCRIPTION
DECIDUOUS, SMALL TREE OR BIG SHRUB WITH A DENSE CROWN THAT IS
BROADLY CONICAL WHEN YOUNG, BECOMES ROUNDED AND PENDULOUS
UPON MATURITY; SMOOTH, PEELING, GRAY TO CREAM-COLORED BARK;
FIBROUS, PALE BROWN INNER BARK
OPPOSITE, BROADLY OVATE TO OBLONG, SMOOTH, GREEN LEAVES; RED
WHEN YOUNG
CREPE-LIKE, PURPLE OR PINK FLOWERS BORNE ON LARGE, TERMINAL
PANICLES WITH OBLONG TO OVATE PETALS
WOODY, DEHISCENT, GLOBOSE FRUITS
LARGE, PERENNIAL, EVERGREEN TREE WITH A STRAIGHT TRUNK AND
USUALLY SMOOTH, GRAY BARK; HIGH BUTTRESS ROOTS AND LOW
BRANCHES WHICH ARE SOFTLY HAIRY WHEN YOUNG
COMPOUND, SPIRALLY ARRANGED, ALTERNATE, ELLIPTIC TO OBLONGOVATE, GLOSSY, GREEN LEAVES WITH AN ACUTE TIP AND PALER, SOFTLY
HAIRY UNDERSIDE
FRAGRANT, AXILLARY, FASCICLED, YELLOWISH-GREEN OR CREAMCOLORED FLOWERS BORN ON PANICLES
FLESHY, VELVETY, ROUNDED, YELLOW OR BROWN FRUIT WITH A THICK
RIND AND SEEDS COVERED WITH WHITE, JUICY, SWEET-TASTING PULP
GROWTH
MEASUREMENTS
HEIGHT: 30M
HEIGHT: 20-50M
GIRTH: 1M
USAGE
FERTILE LOAMY SOILS, WELL-DRAINED SOILS, DRY SOILS, ROADSIDES, FERTILE, WELL-DRAINED SOILS; PARKS; GARDENS; COASTAL AREAS; SHADE
FLOWERBEDS/BORDERS, SHADE PROVISION
PROVISION; EROSION CONTROL
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RATINGS
SCIENTIFIC NAME
EUCALYPTUS DEGLUPTA
COMMON NAMES
MINDANAO
GUM,
RAINBOW
RAINBOW GUM, BAGRAS
FAMILY NAME
PLANT ORIGIN
BRIEF
DESCRIPTION
AGATHIS PHILIPPINENSIS
CANANGA ODORATA
ALMACIGA, DAYUNGON
CANANGA TREE, PERFUME TREE, ILANG-ILANG, YLANGYLANG
MYRTACEAE
ARAUCARIACEAE
ANNONACEAE
THE PHILIPPINES, INDONESIA, NEW GUINEA
THE PHILIPPINES, INDONESIA
TROPICAL ASIA, AUSTRALIA, SEVERAL PACIFIC ISLANDS
EUCALYPTUS,
LARGE, EVERGREEN TREE WITH A TRUNK THAT
MAKES UP 50-70% OF THE TREE'S HEIGHT AND
BUTTRESSES 3-4M HIGH
SMOOTH BARK THAT SHOWS STRIPS OF
YELLOW, ORANGE, AND BROWN, EVENTUALLY
GREEN WHEN IT SHEDS
OPPOSITE, OVATE TO LANCEOLATE JUVENILE
LEAVES; OPPOSITE TO SUB-OPPOSITE, SHORTPETIOLED MATURE LEAVES
TERMINAL UMBEL FLOWERS WITH WHITE TO
PALE YELLOW STAMENS
LARGE, CONIFEROUS, EVERGREEN TREE WITH A
SMOOTH, GRAY BARK THAT PRODUCES RESIN
CALLED MANILA COPAL
OPPOSITE
TO
SUB-OPPOSITE,
OVATE
TO
LANCEOLATE, SHORT-PETIOLED, LEATHERY LEAVES
WITH PARALLEL VEINS; GLOBULAR FOLIAGE BUDS
COVERED WITH SCALES
SQUAT OVOID SEED CONES WITH SPIRALLY
ARRANGED SCALES, EACH BEARING A SINGLEWINGED SEED
MEDIUM-SIZED,
PERENNIAL
TREE
WITH
AN
IRREGULAR CROWN
WEEPING BRANCHES AND LEAFY TWIGS
SIMPLE, ALTERNATE, ENTIRE, DARK GREEN LEAVES
FRAGRANT AXILLARY FLOWERS ARRANGED IN
UMBELLATE CLUSTERS; TURNS FROM GREEN TO
YELLOWISH-BROWN UPON MATURITY
FLESHY, OLIVE-LIKE, BLACK FRUITS IN AXILLARY
CLUSTERS
GROWTH
MEASUREMENTS
HEIGHT: 50M
HEIGHT: 65M:
GIRTH: 3M
USAGE
CULTURAL OR HERITAGE PARKS
ACIDIC AND WELL-DRAINED SOILS; SHALLOW, INFERTILE
MOIST AND WELL-DRAINED SOILS, PARKS, GARDENS,
SOILS;
PLANTATIONS;
(ENRICHMENT
CROP)
ROADSIDES
INADEQUATELY STOCKED AREAS
HEIGHT: 10-30M
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RATINGS
SCIENTIFIC NAME
DILLENIA PHILIPPINENSIS
XANTHOSTEMON VERDUGONIANUS
CRATEVA RELIGIOSA
COMMON NAMES
PHILIPPINE CATMON, KATMON
RED PENDA, MANGKONO
SPIDER TREE, SACRED GARLIC PEAR, SALINGBOBOG
FAMILY NAME
DILLENIACEAE
MYRTACEAE
CAPPARACEAE
PLANT ORIGIN
THE PHILIPPINES
THE PHILIPPINES
SOUTHEAST ASIA, AUSTRALIA, CHINA, JAPAN, INDIA, SRI
LANKA
BRIEF
DESCRIPTION
FOUND ONLY IN THE PHILIPPINES, VULNERABLE
CONSERVATION STATUS
SMALL, EVERGREEN, ROUNDED TREE WITH
GRAYISH-BROWN
TO
REDDISH-BROWN,
SHALLOWLY FISSURED BARK
SIMPLE, ALTERNATE, ELLIPTIC TO OVATE,
SERRATE, LEATHERY LEAVES
LARGE, WHITE FLOWERS WITH OBOVATE
PETALS
GLOBOSE FRUITS
GROWTH
MEASUREMENTS
HEIGHT: 6-15M
USAGE
MOIST AND
GARDENS
WELL-DRAINED
SOILS,
PARKS,
PERENNIAL,
EVERGREEN,
FREE-FLOWERING,
SHRUBBY TREE WITH AN IRREGULARLY-FLUTED BOLE
AND SLATE-WHITE BARK; PALE-REDDISH SAPWOOD
AND DEEP RED TO BROWN HEARTWOOD
PINNATE, ALTERNATE, OBOVATE, THICK, LEATHERY,
DARK GREEN LEAVES WITH A PALER UNDERSIDE
BRIGHT RED TERMINAL INFLORESCENCES
BROWN DEHISCENT DRY FRUITS UPON MATURITY
MODERATE-SIZED, DECIDUOUS SPREADING TREE
WITH GRAY BARK AND YELLOWISH-WHITE WOOD;
CONSIDERED SACRED IN INDIA
TRIFOLIATE, OVATE TO LANCEOLATE, SMOOTH
LEAVES WITH A PALER UNDERSIDE
TERMINAL CORYMB INFLORESCENCES WITH OVATE
OR OBLONG, GREENISH-YELLOW PETALS
ROUND, WOODY BERRY FRUITS
HEIGHT: 2-5M
GIRTH: 1.15M
HEIGHT: 30M
COASTAL AREAS, PARKS, ROADSIDES
ACIDIC SOILS, ROADSIDES
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RATINGS
SCIENTIFIC NAME
CLERODENDRUM
QUADRILOCULARE
COMMON NAMES
STARBURST,
PHILIPPINE
BAGAUAK
FAMILY NAME
LAMIACEAE
RUTACEAE
PINACEAE
ANACARDIACEAE
PLANT ORIGIN
NEW GUINEA, THE PHILIPPINES
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA, NORTHERN
AUSTRALIA, NEW CALEDONIA
THE
PHILIPPINES,
INDIA,
THAILAND,
BURMA, CAMBODIA, LAOS, CHINA, VIETNAM
THE PHILIPPINES
SMALL, PERENNIAL, EVERGREEN, FREEFLOWERING, FINE-TEXTURED TREE OR
SHRUB
IMPARIPINNATE, ALTERNATE, OBLONG
TO OVATE, GLOSSY LEAVES ON HAIRY
STEMS
FRAGRANT, TERMINAL OR AXILLARY
WHITE FLOWERS
FLESHY, OVAL-SHAPED, RED FRUITS
CYLINDRICAL
BOLE
WITH
THICK,
DEEPLY-FISSURED,
DARK
BROWNCOLORED BARK AND NARROW CROWN
DARK GREEN NEEDLES IN FASCICLES
OF THREE
OVOID, BROWN CONES
BRIEF
DESCRIPTION
MURRAYA PANICULATA
PINUS KESIYA
SHOOTING STAR,
ORANGE JASMINE, CHINESE BOX, MOCK
GLORY
BOWER,
BAGUIO PINE, KHASI PINE
ORANGE, KAMUNING
ERECT, BRANCHED, BUSHY,
SMOOTH SHRUB OR SMALL
TREE
SIMPLE, ENTIRE TO WAVY,
OVATE TO OBLONG, GREEN
LEAVES WITH A PURPLE
UNDERSIDE
TERMINAL FLOWERS THAT
HAVE A PINK TUBE AND FIVE
WHITE PETALS EACH
DRUPE FRUITS
GROWTH
MEASUREMENTS
HEIGHT: 2-5M
USAGE
WELL-DRAINED
GARDENS
HEIGHT: 3-8M
SOILS,
PARKS,
HEIGHT: 30-35M
GIRTH: 1.40M
MALAPAHO, KALAMANSANAI
MEDIUM-SIZED TO LARGE TREE WITH
BOLE BRANCHLESS AND BUTTRESSES
ABSENT; ENDANGERED CONSERVATION
STATUS
GRAYISH TO PALE RED HEARTWOOD
BROADLY ELLIPTICAL TO OBOVATELANCEOLATE LEAVES
ELLIPSOID FRUIT
HEIGHT: 20M
GIRTH: 1.20M
FERTILE LOAMY SOILS, ACIDIC SOILS,
WELL-DRAINED SOILS, ELEVATED AREAS,
ALKALINE-HIGH SOILS, FORMAL GARDENS,
PARKS, GARDENS
EROSION CONTROL
HEDGE/SCREENING, TOPIARY
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