Litsea glutinosa
LAURACEAE. Indigenous
SIZE: Up to 20m; trunk size 60cm diameter
TYPE: Deciduous
HABITAT: Secondary forests and thickets at low and medium altitudes
Sablot is a member of the aromatic laurel family trees whose leaves are used in cooking adobo. The oil from its seeds are used to make candles and soaps. A row of sablot trees may be seen on the middle island of Padre Burgos, which stretches for 200 meters from Roxas Boulevard.