Vitex cofassus

Vitex cofassus is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is a tree native to Sulawesi, the Maluku Islands, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands, Caroline Islands, and Mariana Islands.^[1] "New Guinea teak" is planted for its hardwood, used in construction, in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines.^[2][3]

Vitex cofassus
Leaves
Flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Genus:	Vitex
Species:	V. cofassus
Binomial name
Vitex cofassus Reinw. ex Blume (1826)
Synonyms[1]
Vitex cofassus f. anomala Moldenke (1951) Vitex cofassus var. puberula H.J.Lam (1919) Vitex monophylla K.Schum. (1889) Vitex punctata Schauer (1847)

In the Solomon Islands it is a characteristic tree of lowland forests, often co-dominant with Pometia pinnata.^[4]

It yields one of two woods from the same genus that are each called Molave Wood, the other being the timber of Vitex parviflora.