Vatica mangachapoi seed

LATIN NAME: Vatica mangachapoi

COMMON NAME: Mangachapoi

The mangachapoi is a handsome, upright, tall, evergreen tree of the lowland forests, and its fine, oval or lance-shaped, glossy leaves and its small, white, fragrant flowers, followed by the small, round, winged, nut-like fruits, have made it a treasured and remarkable tree of the region. It grows as an upright, tall, evergreen tree, reaching up to thirty metres or more, with the upright, tapering trunk bearing the alternate, oval or lance-shaped, pointed, glossy, dark-green leaves and, through the warm months, the small, white, fragrant flowers in the small clusters, followed by the small, round, woody, nut-like fruits with the fine, broad wings. It is a species of the flowering tree in the dipterocarp family, and it is native to the lowland forests of the south-eastern Asia, while it is prized for its fine timber, and it is known as the mangachapoi.

In the dipterocarp family it is the tall, winged-fruited tree of the lowland forests, a species the conservationists of the region watch over with the greatest care.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The mangachapoi is a name that carries weight in the conservation and botany papers of the south-eastern Asia, where the lowland forests have been greatly reduced and the tree is treated as a species worth the greatest care. The forest ecologists have studied the way its winged, nut-like fruits are spread by the wind and the animals, and the foresters have examined the tall, straight, valued timber. The native trees are to be protected in their forests, never taken from the wild, and the growers of the warm, moist garden keep the species in their collections for the white, fragrant flowers and the stately form.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

In the warm, moist garden, the mangachapoi is the white-flowered, stately tree of the future. Its small, white, fragrant flowers feed the bees, its winged fruits feed the birds and the wildlife, and the tall, evergreen crown gives the garden shade and shelter. The fine timber has served the building of the region, and the conservation of the tree has been of the greatest importance. The native trees are protected and best left to their forests. White-flowered, winged-fruited and protected.

These seeds do not like to dry out — sow them straight away, at a shallow depth in pots of rich, moist, free-draining soil, keep the pots warm and humid in a sheltered spot out of the strong sun, and the first leaves will come up steadily.