SCIENTIFIC NAMES

COMMON NAME

STORAGE ENVIRONMENT

STORABILITY

DRYING

RESPONSE

Acacia auriculiforrnis

Japanese acacia, Auri

Sun-dried, stored under ambient

6-12 months

Tolerant

condition

Acacia catechu

Cutch tree, Black

Ambient temperature

6-12 months

Tolerant

cutch

Acacia confuse

Ayangile

Sun-dried, stored under ambient

3 months

Tolerant

condition

Acacia dealbata

Silver wattle

Ambient temperature

More than 2

Tolerant

years

Acacia decurrens

Green wattle

Ambient temperature

More than 2

Tolerant

years

Acacia famesiana

Aroma Sweet

Ambient temperature

1-2 years

Tolerant

Acacia mangium

Mangium, hickory

Sun-dried, stored in air-tight

Several years

Tolerant

wattle

containers under ambient

condition

Acacia meamsii

Black wattle

Ambient temperature

1-2 years

Tolerant

Acacia melanoxylon

Australian blackwood

Ambient temperature

1-2 years

Tolerant

Acacia modesta

Ordinary room condition

1-2 years

Tolerant

Acacia nilotica

Egyptian acacia

Ordinary room condition

More than 2

Tolerant

Acacia senegal

Ordinary room condition

1-2 years

Tolerant

Acacia tortilis

Umbrella thorn

Ordinary room condition

1-2 years

Tolerant

Acer caesicum

Refrigerated condition

1-6 months

Tolerant

Acer campbellium

Refrigerated condition

1-6 months

Tolerant

Acer oblongum

Refrigerated condition

6-12 months

Tolerant

Afzelia rhomboidea

Tindalo

Ordinary room condition

1-2 years

Tolerant

Agathis dammara

Almaciga, Manila

Ordinary room condition

1-6 months

Sensitive

(A. philippinensis

copal

Albizia lebbek

Langil, Black ebony

Sun-dried, stored under ambient

4-5 years

Tolerant

condition

Albizia odoratissima

Refrigerated condition

More than 2

Tolerant

Albizia procera

Akleng parang, White

Sun-dried, stored under ambient

1 year

Tolerant

siris

condition

Albizia saman

Acacia, Raintree

(a) Sun-dried, stored in dry,

Several years

Tolerant

(Samanea saman)

cool, and ambient condition

(b) Refrigerated seeds (6-8%

1 year

moisture content) stored in cans

or in plastic bags

Aleurites moluccana

Lumbang, Candle nut

Sun-dried, stored under ordinary

1-2 years

Tolerant

tree

room condition.

Aleurites trisperma

Bagilumbang

Ordinary room condition

1 month

Tolerant

Alnus acuminate

Alnus

Sun-dried, stored under ambient

1 month

Tolerant

condition

Alnus nepalensis

Alder

Refrigerated condition

1-6 months

Tolerant

Alnus nitida

Refrigerated condition

1-6 months

Tolerant

Anacardium

Cashew, Kasuy

Sun-dried for 2 days, stored

1 year

Tolerant

occidentale

under ordinary room condition

Anthocephalus

Kaatoan bangkal

Air-dried for 2 days, stored

1 year

Tolerant

chinensis

under ordinary room condition

Areca catechu

Bunga, Betel nut palm

Ordinary room condition

2.5-6 months

Tolerant

Artocarpus

Jackffuit, Langka

(a) In sawdust or coirdust,

1 month

Sensitive

heterophyllus

ordinary room temperature

(b) Moist seeds surface.

1 month

sterilized with chlorox for 5

minutes and stored in air-tight

containers at 18°C

Averrhoa carambola

Balimbing,

Star fruit ordinary room

2 months

Tolerant

condition

Azadirachta indica

Neem

(a) Sealed air-tight container

16 weeks

Tolerant

under ordinary room tempe

rature

(b) Sun-dried, stored under

2-3 weeks

ambient condition

Bambusa

Indian bamboo

Refrigerated condition

1-2 months

Tolerant

arundinaceae

Betula alnoides

Ordinary room condition

1-2 years

Tolerant

Cajanus cajan

Kadyos, Pigeon pea

Sun-dried, stored in paper bags

4 months

Tolerant

under ambient condition

Calliandra

Calliandra

Sun-dried, stored under ambient

1 year

Tolerant

calothyrsus

condition

Calophyllum blancoi

Bitanghol

Ordinary room condition

1-2 years

Tolerant

Calophyllum

Bitaog

Seeds (greater than 20%

6 months

Sensitive

inophyllum

moisture content) in sealed

plastic bags stored in the

refrigerator or cold room

Cananga odorata

Ilang-ilang

Ordinary room condition

1-6 months

No data

Canarium ovatum

Pili, Pili nut

Ordinary room condition

1-2 years

Tolerant

Carica papaya

Papaya

Sun-dried or shade-dried for 48

1 year

Tolerant

hours, stored in sealed glass or

polyethene jars under ordinary

room temperature

Cassia fistula

Golden shower

Seeds (less than 20% moisture

4-6 months

Sensitive

content) in seated plastic bags

stored in air-conditioned room

Cassia javanica

Antsoan

Ordinary room condition

More than 2

Tolerant

years

Cassia siamea

Balayong tindalo,

Sun-dried, stored under ambient

Several years

Tolerant

Thailand shower

condition

Cassia spectabilis

Antsoan dilau

Sun-dried, stored under ambient

Several years

Tolerant

condition

Casuarina

Agoho, Casuarina,

Sun-dried, stored under ambient

3 months

Tolerant

equisetifolia

Horsetail tree

condition

Citrus limon

Lemon

Treated with fungicide, stored

2 years

Sensitive

motet in thin closed plastic bag

at 0-4°C

Cocos nucifera

Coconut, Niyog

Select thin-husked, round, large

80 days

Sensitive

and heavy nuts, stored under

ambient condition.

Coffea robusta

Kape, coffee

CO₂ absorbent storage medium

6-10 months

Sensitive

in seated bottle at 4-7°C

Corypha utan

Buli, Buri palm

Sun-dried for 2 weeks, stored in

34 months

Tolerant

(C. elata)

plastic bags and sacks under

ordinary room condition

Cryptomeria japonica

Refrigerated condition

6-12 months

Tolerant

Dalbergia sissoco

Zigzag rosewood

Ordinary room condition

6-12 months

Tolerant

Delonix regia

Fire tree

Seeds (7-8% moisture content)

7 months

Tolerant

placed in cans or plastic bags

and stoma in the refrigerator or

air conditioned room

Durio zibethinus

Durian, Civet fruit

(a) Moist seeds at 28-30°C

2-3 weeks

Sensitive

(b) In air-tight container (seeds

4 weeks

moist and surface sterilized

before storage)

Erythrophloeum

Kamatog

Ordinary room condition

1-2 years

Tolerant

densiflorum

Eucalyptus deglupta

Eucalyptus, Bagras

(a) Air-dried 2-3 days, stored

3 months

Tolerant

under ordinary condition

(b) Seeds less than 10%

More than

Tolerant

moisture content, stored in

3 months

sealed containers at 1-4°C

Eucalyptus globulus

Tasmanian bluegum

Refrigerator condition

6-12 months

Tolerant

Eusideroxylon

Tambulian

Ordinary room condition

1-2 years

Tolerant

zwageri

Garcinia mangostana

Mangosteen

In moist sand or sawdust at

2 months

Sensitive

ordinary room condition

Gliridia septum

Kakawate, Madre de

(a) Sun-dried, stored in air-tight

6 weeks

Tolerant

Cacao, Quick stick

containers with charcoal under

ambient condition or refrigerated

condition year

(b) Stored and maintained dry at

3 months

17°C

(c) Stored in refrigerated

condition

Gmelina arborea

Gmelina, Yemane,

Sun-dried for 2 days, stored

3 months

Tolerant

Paper tree

under ordinary room condition

Grevillea robusta

Siver oak, Silky oak

Refrigerated condition

1-2 years

Tolerant

Hevea brasiliensis

Rubber

(a) Moist seeds in finely

4 months

Sensitive

perforated plastic bag with damp

sawdust at 7-10°C

(b) Seeds with 47% moisture

3-5 months

content stored in slightly

perforated plastic bag under

ambient condition and treated

with fungicide

(c) Soak freshly collected

1 year

cleaned seeds in 0.3% Benlate,

drain, surface dry then store in

plastic bag under ambient

condition

Hopea foxworthyii

Dalingdingan

Dewinged seeds in perforated

21 days

Sensitive

plastic bags placed in a carton

box with hole at room

temperature

Hopea helferi

Yakal

(a) In water at 4°C

3 weeks

Sensitive

(b) Unsealed plastic bag, (partial

37 days

drying recommended), 47%

moisture content at 15°C

Indigofera sp.

Tayum, Indigofera

Sun-dried, stored under ordinary

8 months

Tolerant

room condition

Intsia bijuga

Ipil, Moluccan iron

(a) Seeds sun-dried for 3 days.

9 months

Tolerant

wood

stored under ordinary room

condition

(b) Seeds (7-8% moisture

1-2 years

content) in plastic bags or jute

sacks stored at room

temperature

(c) Seeds (7-8% moisture

2 years

content) in plastic bags stored in

the refrigerator

Lagerstroemia

Banaba

Ordinary room condition

1-6 months

Sensitive

speciosa

Leucaena diversifolia

Acid ipil-ipil,

Sun-dried, stored under ambient

8 months

Tolerant

Diversifolia

condition

Leucaena

Ipil-ipil, Leucaena,

Sun-dried, stored under ambient

1-3 years

Tolerant

leucocephala

Horse tamarind

condition

Mangifera indica

Mango, mangga

(a) In sealed plastic bags with

4 months

Sensitive

moist charcoal under ordinary

room condition

(b) Moist seeds in sealed plastic

13 weeks

bags with charcoal, ventilated,

and stored at 20-23°C

Mimosa scabella

Mimosa

Sun-dried, stored under ambient

3-5 years

Tolerant

condition

Morus alba

Mulberry

(a) Dried seeds stored in air-

1 year

Tolerant

tight jars with calcium chloride

Nephelium

Rambutan

In sand or sawdust at ordinary

1 month

Sensitive

lappaceum

room condition

Olea ferruginea

Ordinary room condition

6-12 months

Tolerant

Paraserianthes

Moluccan sau,

Sun-dried, stored under ambient

2 years

Tolerant

falcataria (Albizia

Falcata, White albizia

condition

falcataria)

Parkia roxburghii

Kupang

Seeds (7-8% moisture content)

1-2 years

Tolerant

in cans or plastic bags stored in

the refrigerator or at ordinary

room temperature

Passiflora edulis

Passion fruit

Stored in seated container at

9 months

Tolerant

20°C

Peltophorum

Siar

Sun-dried, stored under

6 months

Tolerant

pterocarpus

refrigerated condition

Persea americana

Avocado,Guacamole

(a) Moist seeds in sealed plastic

5 months

5 Sensitive

bag + fungicide (soak for 5

minutes in 0.3% captan);

aerated at 4°C

(b) Moist seeds in dry peat

8 months

moss at 5-6°C

Picea smithiana

Refrigerated condition

6-12 months

Tolerant

Piliostigma

Alibangbang, Butterfly

Ordinary room condition

1-2 years

Tolerant

malabaricum

tree

(Bauhinia malabarica)

Pinus caribaea

Carribean pine

Seeds (less than 10% moisture

10 years

Tolerant

content) at 0 to 5°C

Pinus kesiya

Benguet pine

(a) Sun-dried seeds kept in

3-12 months

Tolerant

plastic bags or bottles under

ambient condition

(b) Sun-dried, ordinary room

1 year

condition

(c) Sun-dried, stored in

2 years

refrigerator

Pithecellobium duke

Kamachile, Manila

Sun-dried, stored under ambient

More than 6

Tolerant

tamarind

condition

months

Prosopis chilensis

Ordinary room condition

1-2 years

Tolerant

Prosopis cineraria

Ordinary room condition

1-2 years

Tolerant

Psidium guajava

Bayabas, Guava

Dried 1 week, kept in sealed tin

15 years

Tolerant

can, glass jar or polyethene jar

under ordinary room

temperature

Pterocarpus indicus

Smooth narra

Sun-dried, stored under ambient

3 years

Tolerant

condition

Rhizophora apiculata

Bakauan lalake

Clean, moist seeds + fungicide

2 months

Sensitive

and insecticide stored in sealed

plastic bags under ordinary

room condition

Rhizophora

Bakauan babae,

Clean, moist seeds + fungicide

2 months

Sensitive

mucronata

Mangrove cutch, Red

and insecticide stored in sealed

mangrove

plastic bags under ordinary

room condition

Rhizophora stylosa

Bakauan bato

Clean, moist seeds + fungicide

2 months

Sensitive

and insecticide stored in sealed

plastic bags under ordinary

room condition

Rhododendron spp.

Malagos

Kept over calcium chloride, 20°C

4-6 months

Tolerant

temperature

Serialbizia acle

Akle

Seeds air-deed, stored under

1 year

Tolerant

ordinary room condition

Sesbania sesban

Sesban

Cool and dry place

1 year

Tolerant

Shorea ovalis

Lauan

Moist seeds in sealed inflated

3 months

Sensitive

plastic bag + fungicide kept in

the dark at temperature higher

than 15°C

Shorea robusta

Sal tree, Indian sal

Refrigerated condition

Less than 1

Sensitive

month

Shorea talura

Lauan

Moist seeds placed in sealed

6 months

Sensitive

inflated plastic bag + fungicide

and stored in the dark at 4°C

Sindora supa

Supa

Seeds (7-8% moisture content)

1-2 years

Tolerant

in cans or plastic bags stored in

the refrigerator or at ordinary

room condition

Spathodea

African tulip

Ordinary room condition

Short-lived

Sensitive

campanulata

Swietenia

Large leaf mahogany

(a) Sun-dried, stored in seated

1 year

Tolerant

macrophylla

container with charcoal or

sawdust

(b) Refrigerated seeds in seated

More than 1

containers with charcoal or

year

sawdust

(c) Sun-dried, stored under

4 months

ambient condition

Symphonia

Placed in wet medium, 15°C

12 months

Sensitive

globulifera

Tamarindus indica

Tamarind, Sampaloc

Sun-dried, stored under ambient

6-12 months

Tolerant

condition

Tarrietia sylvatica

Dungon

Ordinary room condition

1-2 years

Tolerant

Tectona grandis

Teak, Yati

Sun-dried, stored under ambient

1 year

Tolerant

condition

Terminalia bellirica

Ordinary room condition

6-12 months

Tolerant

Terminalia catappa

Talisai, Tropical

Ordinary room condition

1-2 years

Tolerant

almond

Terminalia chebula

Myrabolans

Ordinary room condition

6-12 months

Tolerant

Theobroma cacao

Cacao, Cocoa

(a) + fungicide, 31-33%

4 months

Sensitive

moisture content, 25-30°C

(b) Peeled seeds are shade-

3 months

dried for 2 hours, kept in plastic

bags under ambient condition

and treated with fungicide

(c) Stored in damp charcoal/

6 months

sawdust/moist sand, dried in air

conditioned room, and dusted

with fungicide in perforated bags

Toona calantas

Kalantas

Ordinary room condition

1-6 months

Sensitive

Toona sureni

Danupra

Ordinary room condition

1-6 months

Sensitive

Triplaris cumingiana

Palo-santo

Ordinary room condition

1-6 months

Sensitive

Vitex parviflora

Molave

Sun-dried, stored under ambient

1 year

Tolerant

condition

Wikstroemia spp.

Salago

(a) Sun-dried, stored under

6 months

Tolerant

refrigerated condition

(b) Sun-dried, stored under

2 months

Tolerant

ambient condition