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WHITE LAUAX. 
Shorea contorta Vid. l'""'- DIPTEROCARPACE^E. 
Shorea squamata "Benth. and Hook. f. 
Shorea malaanonan Blume. 
[Mocanera malaanotian Blanco, Diptviocai ims mulaanontni IJlaiico.) 
And prolmbly other species. 
Acab-aeab (Basilan) ; almon (Y.) ; antong (Tl.) ; apiiit (Tl., N. Luz^ ; 
bagtican (Y.) ; flnyong (II.) ; sandana (T.). 
Shorea contorta and S. malaanonan are riiilippine. .^. ^^qaaniata 
occurs in tlie riiilippines and Borneo. 
Light and soft. Sp. gr. 0.4G1. 
Botli heart- and sap-wood very liglit colored. Straight and coarse 
grained. 'No seasonal rings ; but frequent false rings, caused by lines of 
resin canals, Eesinous odor. 
Uses. — Light and temporary construction; cal)inotniaking; inferior 
furniture; small boats; bancas; canoes; cascoes; masts; paper making; 
planks for ships; rafts; resin; shipbuilding; carriage making; axles; door 
panels. 
Structwe. — Pith-ravs medium size, distinct. Yessels medium size, 
scattered. Wood parenchyma scattered. Eesin-canals numerous, with 
white resin. 
Bull. For. Bur. Manila (1906), 4, 50; 2d ed. (1907), 4, 53. 
Ahern, 1. c, 60-62. 
KED LAUAN. 
Shorea sp. Fain. DIPTEROCARPAC 
Bed lauan (T.) ; mangachapuy (Y.). 
Moderately heavy to light, and very soft. Sp. gr. 0.542. 
Beddi^h-brown. Coarse, but straight grained. 
Sapwood and heartwood distinct; sapwood very liglit; heartAVood red. 
No seasonal rings, but the whitish, concentric lines of resin canals often 
present much the appearance of seasonal rings. 
Uses. — Light or temporary construction; inferior cabinetwork, 
Structure, — Pith-rays medium size. Yessels large and scattered. 
Besin canals abundant, with a whitish appearance, because of the con- 
tained resin. 
Bull. For. Bur. Manila (1906), 4, G2; 2d ed. (1907), 4, 53. 
LIUSIN. 
Parinarium griffithianum Bentli. Fam. ROSACE>E. 
{Parinarium salicifolhan iliq. and Orymania salicifolia Prcsl. are names that 
are found applied to liusin by the earlier rhilippine writera.) 
Cubel (Bizal) ; culitingan (Pamp.) ; malapuyao (Tayabas) ; sampinit, 
tapgas (Guimaras). 
India and Malava. 
Yery hard and heavy. Sp. gr. 0.710. 
Wliite and reddish in color. Fine and straight grained. 
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