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rillLUTINK WOODS. 38 
DUNGON-LATE. 
Heritiera littoralis Dry. Fam. STERCULIACE/E. 
{JlcJicfercs aprfala r>I;uu-o. StercuUa cymhiformis 1J1juum>.) 
Dmigon-dimn-on (Y.) ; (luu^^oii-late (T.) ; malar iingoii (T.). 
Tropics of the Old AVorld. 
Tliis is the same sjjecies as the sinidri of Biinna. 
Very hard and heavy, "03-75 ll)s. ])er cu. ft." 
Widely scattered in mangrove Pwanij)s fhroiighout (lie Arehij>L'la^'o. 
Color as in dufigon, hnt said to ]ia.ve a larger amount of sapwood. 
Uses. — Same as for dufigon. 
Structure. — In all respects as in dufigon. 
Uses. — Canoes; outriggers: firewood : house posts; joists; presses; sliip- 
l)uildiug; telegraph poles and posts for small houses; wlieel liiihs; sniiie 
nses as dnhgon, if fonnd in large sizes; small siws used as rilis for small 
boats. 
Ahern, 1. c, 49-50. 
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Maba buxifolia Pers. Fjim. EBENACE/E. 
Diospyros !sj)i>. 
Ata-ata (Y.) ; balatinao (TL) ; caloyanau (l*anip.); elmiio (Sjtan.) ; 
galarigal (T.) ; luyong (T.) ; nialatalang (T.) ; tanguintiu (Surigao). 
Tropieal Africa to Australia. 
Yery liard and very heavy. Sapwood ashy; heartwood black, of even 
color. Fine and straight grained. Xo distinct seasonal rings. 
Uses. — Cabinetwork; canes; desks; furniture; frames; inlaid work; 
shipbnilding; saber handles. 
Structure. — Pith-rays very small and indisiiiu-t. A'^essels very small 
nnd scattered. Wood parenchvma in nuitierous, very fine, concentric 
lines. All the elements of the heartwood full of a very dense, black 
substance. 
Ebonv, in tlie commerce of the world, is a heavv, hard bbick wood 
with the characteristic structure of the family Ehenacca\ There are, 
in the Philippine Islands belonging to the ebony grouj), woods knowu 
by the names of bolongeta, camagon, and obano or ebony. 1'he first of 
these, bolongeta, is furnished by Diospyros pilosantlu-ra Blanco, and jn'(jb- 
al)ly by other species. Diospyros pihjsaiiUirnt is a fair-sized tree in Ibe 
ridge forests. It is of wide distribution in the Arcliijtebigo and may be 
said to be fairly abundant. Its wood is |)ink or red, streaked with black, 
the black streaks being very juuch denser and luiidi'r than tiie rest of tlie 
wood. 
Camagon is the name applied to the wood of Diospyros discolor Wilid. 
and other Diospyros species, whenever the sapwood is grayish or mottled 
and the heartwood black, with brownish streaks. 
By true ebonv, in the PhilippineSj is usually meant the wood of Maba 
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