PIIIIJPPINK WOODS. 389 
MANGACHAPUY, 
Hopea acuminata Merr. Fain. DIPTEROCARPAC 
Bacuog (Pang.); banacao (H.) ; tnliot (Pang.); daliiidingan (P>a- 
taan) ; niangachapuy (T.). 
Pliilippines. 
Hard and heavy. Sp. gr. 0.72C). 
Light yeUowisli or whitish; heart sliglitly darker tlian tlie sap. Wood 
darkening ratlier rapidly on exposure to the air. Straight and coarse 
grained. No seasonal rings. Faintly rcsinons odor. 
Uses. — Barrotos; beams in interior constnietion ; ceilings; decks ; floor- 
ing; house construction; inside pajtitions of houses; uiusts; naval con- 
struction; outrigger supports; piles; planks; sacayanes; waterways. 
Structure. — Pith-rays medium size, distinct. Vessels medium size, 
scattered. Eesin canals ])rescnt, containing whitish rosin. 
Bull. For. Bur. Manihi, 2d od. (1007), 4, OS-fJl). 
Ahern, 1. c, 67-68. 
MAYAPIS. 
Anisoptera vidaliana Bnuidis. Fain. DIPTEROCARPACE 
{Mocancra mayapis ]5Ianco. Dipterocurpus muynpis niaiico.) 
Anisoptera thurifera (Blanco) lilume. 
{Mocanera thurifera Blanco, DipierocarpuH thurifer BlaiuM)), wlijdi has som*;- 
times been credited with fmnisliing white hiuaii is one of the'prohalili' .-.ouices of 
mayapis, 
Apu (Cag.) ; dagang (Pizal) ; maya])is (T.) ; paiha]>y (Z.) ; palosapis 
(Z., Bataan). 
Philippines. 
Light and soft. Sp. gr. 0.391). 
"NMiite and gray; heartwood slightly darker than the sap. Coarse and 
Clocked grained. No distinct seasonal rings. Slightly resinous otlor. 
[,'5^^v._Bancas; boxes; canoes; flooring; light or teniporaiy construc- 
tion; paper making; rice mortars. 
Siracturc. — Pith-rays medium size, distinct. Vessels medium size, 
scattered, liesin canals fairly numerous, with whitish resin. AVo<m1 
parenchyiiia scanty and scattered. 
Bull. For. Bur. ^^lanila (11)06), 4, 63; ^d ed. (11)07), 4, Q^. 
MOLA\'r:. 
Vitex littoralis ]>uie. Fam. VERBENACE/E. 
{Vitex allififdma Blanco.) 
Vitex pubescens Valil. 
(VHex latifolia Blanco.) 
Agubarao (V.); anmgauan (Tl.) ; hulaon (T., V., I*ainp.) ; calipnpa 
(Moro) ; niolauin (T.) ; salincapa (Guimaras) ; tugas (V.). 
Malaya. 
Hard and heavy. Sp. gr. 0.778. 
