Philippine Journal of Science
150 (S1): 299-302, Special Issue on Biodiversity
ISSN 0031 – 7683
Date Received: 14 Sep 2020

Status and Distribution of Philippine Teak
(Tectona philippinensis Benth. & Hook.f. ) on Ilin
and Ambulong Islands, San Jose, Occidental Mindoro

Don Geoff E. Tabaranza1, Leticia E. Afuang1,2, Kathy Lene S. Cielo1,
Jezryl Jaeger L. Garcia1, Errol A. Gatumbato1, Juan Carlos T. Gonzalez1,2,
Jolly-Ann J. Retulin1, and Elyza Hazel P. Tan1

1Mindoro Biodiversity Conservation Foundation Inc.
Muntinlupa City, NCR 1770 Philippines
2University of the Philippines Los Baños
Los Baños, CALABARZON 4030 Philippines

*Corresponding author: Kathy_s_cielo@mbcfi.org.ph

 

ABSTRACT

Distribution mapping surveys of the endangered endemic Philippine teak (Tectona philippinensis Benth. & Hook.f.) was conducted on Ilin and Ambulong Islands, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines from 2017–2019. It aimed to provide critical and updated information for the management and conservation of the species. A total of 2,140 Philippine teak individuals were counted and mapped in the area, nearly a 50-fold increase of the known population from only 44 trees documented in 2003.