Sterculia ceramic
MALVACEAE. Indigenous
SIZE: Up to 30m tall; trunk size 50cm diameter
TYPE: Briefly deciduous
HABITAT: Luzon, Quezon, Mindoro, Sibuyan, Palawan, Guimaras, and Sulu; in primary and secondary forests, near coasts on sandy clay soil
Malakalumpang is prized as soft timber, used for interior trim, packing cases, paneling, shutters, veneer, blinds, boxes and crates, and interior building materials. Early Filipinos used its inner bark to make rope and its pulp to make paper.