Summary
Place of publication:
Revis. gen. pl. 1:192. 1891
Verified:
11/28/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
Borneo-teak – Johnstone River-teak – Moluccan ironwood – Pacific-teak – scrub-mahogany – Fijian
vesi – Indonesian
merbau asam – Japanese Rōmaji
tashiro-mame – Swedish
merbau –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | Zanzibar | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Seychelles | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Cambodia | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Papua New Guinea | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
| 1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Micronesia | | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Palau | | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Fiji | | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | New Caledonia | | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Samoa | | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Solomon Islands | | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Vanuatu | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Tanzania [Zanzibar]
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar, Seychelles
Asia-Temperate
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
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INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [Queensland]
Pacific
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NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Micronesia, Palau
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SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Samoa
Cultivated
()
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Materials | wood | | Soerianegara, I. & R. H. M. J. Lemmens, eds. 1993. Timber trees: major commercial timbers. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 5(1):269. |
| Medicines | folklore | | Thaman, R. R. et al. 2006. Intsia bijuga (vesi). 1-17. |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=20110.
Accessed 15 December 2025.