Shorea almon
DIPTEROCARPACEAE. Indigenous. Vulnerable
SIZE: Up to 70m tall; trunk size 100-160cm diameter
TYPE: Evergreen
HABITAT: Quezon, Camarines, Albay, Sorsogon in Luzon; Negros, Samar, Leyte in Visayas; Surigao, Agusan, Bukidnon, Davao, Misamis, Lanao, Zamboanga, Basilan in Mindanao; in undulating hills, in mixed dipterocarp forests at low altitudes
Carpenters, furniture makers and artisans know the quality of their timber. Among the Philippine dipterocarps the almon is one of their favorites, thanks to its beautiful ribbon-figured grain.