392 
FOXWOUTHY. 
SACAT 
Terminalia nitens Presl. 
Fam. COMBRETACE/E 
Philippines. 
Moderately heavy and moderately liard. Sp. gr. 0.581). 
Sapwood very light ; heartwood gray or brownish-yoUuw. Coarse and 
straight grained. Seasonal rings distinct. DilTuse porous. Colors 
water a pale yellow. 
Uses. — ^Light construction. 
Structure. — Pith-ravs medium size, distinct. Vessels medium size and 
scattered, occasionally roughly grouped in irregular wavy tangential lines. 
Bull. For. Bur. Manila (1906), 4, 55; 2d ed. (1907), 4, oH. 
(See also note under ^*Talisay.^*) 
i^ANTOL. 
Sandoricum indicum Cav. 
Fam. MELLACEv^ 
Southern Asia and Malaya. The false or wild mangosteen of India. 
Coinuionly cultivated for its fruit. 
Moderately heavy and soft. "Weight about 36 li)S. per cu. ft." 
Pinkish; straight grained. Aromatic odor somewliat eaniphor-lilvc 
but faint. Seasonal rings present or al)sent. When soaked in water, 
producing a reddish tinge. 
Uses. — Light framing ; cabinetwork ; house posts ; wood carving ; 
wooden blocks for shaping hats. This wood is exceedingly easy to work. 
Structure. — Pith-ravs small but distinct. Vessel small and scattered. 
Wood parencln'ma scanty and scattered. 
SASALIT 
Vitex aherniana Merr. 
Fam. VERBENACE/E. 
Grxalberto (11.) ; igang (Baler) ; dungula (Y.) ; sasalit (T.): 
Philippines. 
Very hard and heavy. Sp. gr. 0.872. 
Pale yellow to dark, yellowish-brown. Pine and wavy grained. Sea- 
sonal rings not p-)resent. 
Uses. — Posts and general liouse construction; telegrapli poles; railroad 
ties. 
Structure. — Pith-rays fine but distinct. Vessels small and scattered. 
Wood parenchyma scanty or wanting. 
Sasalit is exceedingly like molave in structure, but it is much harder 
and it does not turn the same bright greenish-yellow as molave, when 
treated with an alkali. It also appears very much like yacal; but it 
differs in structure by its smaller vessels and its lack of Avood parenchyma. 
It also behaves diifej'ently when treated with an alkali. 
Bull For. Bur. Manila (lOOG), 4, 63-6-1; 2d ed. (1007), 4, 67. 
