Fabaceae
Borneo teak
Intsia bijuga
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Intsia
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Common names
By language (16)
- Chinese
- 单对印茄, 太平洋鐵木
- dtp
- Merbau ipil
- English
- Borneo teak, Ifil, Ipil, Kwila, Moluccan ironwood, Merbau, Johnstone River teak, Pacific teak
- Filipino
- Ipil
- Finnish
- Rantamerbaupuu
- French
- Kohu
- German
- Borneo-Teak, Ifit, Ipil, Johnstone River teak, Kohu, Kwila, Moluccan ironwood, Pacific teak
- Greek
- Μερμπάου
- Hebrew
- איפיל
- Indonesian
- Merbau
- Japanese
- タシロマメ
- Malagasy
- Hintsina, Hintsy, Tsararavina, Harandranto, Harondrato, Indrarinandra, Intsy, Katrovato
- Malay
- Merbau ipil
- Thai
- หลุมพอทะเล
- Tongan
- Fehi
- Vietnamese
- Gõ nước
Synonyms
- Afzelia bijuga (Colebr.) A.Gray
- Intsia bijuga var. glabra C.A.Mey.
- Intsia moelebei Vieill.
- Macrolobium bijuga Colebr.
- Macrolobium bijugum Colebr.
- Outea bijuga (Colebr.) DC.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to September, November to January (from 31 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Shelomi Doyle, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Annika Lindqvist, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: fletchermoore, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Denis.prévôt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: fletchermoore, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Denis.prévôt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JDipterocarpus, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JDipterocarpus, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: fletchermoore, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: M108t, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kristof Zyskowski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: M108t, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.