PHILIPPINE WOOnS. 
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PAXAO. 
Dipterocarpus vernicifluus Blanco. 
(Mocanera rerniciflvna Blanco.) 
Philippines. 
Balao (T.); bulay (Bataiigas) ; camiliiig (Xe^.); 1"^% Malapjilio, 
panao (T.) ; panantnlon (Pang., II.). 
HAGACHAC. 
Dipterocarpus lasiopodus Perk. 
Philippines. 
These three woods pass for the same thing. They arc widely distrib- 
uted and furnish much of tlie timber of tlie Islands. 
Moderately heav}^ and moderately liard. 
Sapwood light colored; boartwood dark^ with reddisli or purplisli tinge. 
Grain straiglit, but coarse. "Willi more or less distinct resinous odor. 
Uses. — Ordinary construction; shipbuihling; bancas; cascoes; planks 
for ships; ship bottoms and sides; piles; interior finish; rafters; sills; 
recommended for railroad ties. 
Structure. — Pith-rays medium i^hOj distinct. Vessels large and scat- 
tered. Wood parenchyma scattered, sometimes abundant. Kesin-canals 
often very distinct, Wood with considerable quantities of resin exuding 
when fresh. 
Bull. For. Bur. Manila (1006), 4, 51; 2d ed. (1907), 4, 53-54. 
Ahern, 1, c., 22-34. 
Sp. gr., of apitong, 0.6.30. 
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ARANGA 
Vam. FLACOURTIACE>E 
Homalium luzoniense F. Vill. 
H. Panayanum F. \'ill- 
H. villarianum Vid. 
All Philippine species. 
Ampnpuyot (Y., II.) ; cuela, king (Iiizal) ; puyot (V.). 
Wood very hard and heavy. Sp. gr. 0.863. 
Pale reddish. Fine grained. No seasonal rings. 
Uses. — Piling; high grade construction; boat building; cabiiielwork; 
flooring; posts; paddles for beating clothes (palo-palo) ; rafters; railroad 
ties. A strong and durable wood, which resists the teredo. 
Structure. — Pith-rays fine, very numerous and closely packed bending 
outward to pass vessels, appearing to be margined with white and taking 
up a very large part of the wood. Vessels small, in short radial jows. 
Bull. For. Bur. Manila (lOOG) 4, Gl : 2d ed. (1907) 4, G5. Ahern, 
1. c. 24-5. 
