Toona calantas

[1] It is commonly known as kalantas (also spelled calantas), lanipga (in Visayan and Bikol),[2] ample (in Batanes),[2] bantinan (in Cagayan and Mountain Province),[2] danupra (in Zambales and Ilocos Norte),[2] Philippine cedar, or Philippine mahogany (although the latter is also applied to members of the unrelated genus Shorea).

[4] The leaves can be described as compound, alternate oblong or broadly lanceolate[clarification needed].

[4] The fruit of the kalantas tree is a capsule that can be ellipsoid or oblongoid that measures 3–4 centimetres (1.2–1.6 in) long.

[5] In Mount Makiling, Laguna, Philippines, seed gathering takes place from February to March.

[5] Generally scattered all over the Philippines particularly in the Balabac group of islands, the kalantas tree can be found in the hills of a forest situated in low to medium altitudes.