Pterospermum diversifolium

Family: Sterculiaceae
Common Name: Bayog (that is how it is known locally)
Origin: native tree, also occurs in Indo-China, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, and the Moluccas.
Reference: Co’s Digital Flora of the Philipines, Stuartxchange, Trees of Tropical Asia by James V LaFrankie Jr.

this is in my list of framework species for reforestation
we bought 10 saplings for the farm and our caretaker recognized them as Bayog, which he says is common in the area
when we started clearing off the weeds from one area, we found more Bayog/Bayok trees growing
the ones we have look just like the saplings we bought but look very different from
According to Trees of Tropical Asia, “These trees are famously variable in the often odd shape of their foliage, variable among saplings and also along branches in the same tree …”
the reverse side of the leaves is light greenish brown