Nauclea orientalis

Family: Rubiaceae

Common Name: Bangkal, Leichhardt Pine

Origin: indigenous to the Philippines, also found in Southeast Asia, New Guinea to Australia, usually found in riverbanks and creek bank thickets

Reference: Philippine Native Trees 101 Up Close and Personal

• reaches 10-15 meters
• flowers are showy, round, yellow or orange with white spikes
• fruits from July to January
• we saw a lot of Bangkal trees in Sablayan, Mindoro. A lot of the fruit were on the ground and had the sweetish-sour scent of champoy (dried plum)
• the trees in Mindoro had golden yellow leaves