Albizia butarek sp.nov nom.ined.
SIZE: Up to 20m tall; trunk size 70cm diameter
TYPE: Semi-deciduous
HABITAT: Forests at low and medium altitudes
This tree is one of the botanical finds of the late Leonard Co. one of the nation’s foremost botanists murdered in Leyte in 2010. He discovered this species growing along tributaries of the Palanan River in Isabela. The species name “butarek” comes from the name of the barangay in Palanan, Isabela where the botanist first spotted this species.