3UG . FOXWUUTHY. 
YACAL. 
Hopea plagata Vid. Fum. DIPTEROCARPACE.C 
{}ffx(titcra playata Blaiioo. Diptrrocarputi phujnlus lllaiico.) 
Biti, callot (Tl.) 5 liuap (V.); iiiai-a^a (Xeg.) ; niaratulia (t'ag-) J 
panigaran, Balapngnd, taggoy (Tl.). 
It seems likely that one or more other species may furnish some of the 
wood known as yacal. 
Philippine^, 
Heavy and hard. Sp. gr. 0.830, 
Dirty-yellow to brownish. Coarse and straight grained. Xo seasonal 
rings. Slightly resinous odor. 
Uses. — Beams; bridge construction; eabinetniaking; general construc- 
tion; desks; doors; flooring: girders; joists; keels; naval construction; 
outrigger supports; piles; posts; rafters; sleepers; sternposts; walls, 
exterior; window sills; railroad ties; masts; rudder posts; spokes and 
felloes of carriage wheels. 
Structure. — Pith-ravs small but distinct. Vessels of medium size, 
scattered, fre(piently a slight border of wood parenchyma abont tlie vessels. 
Resin canals present, frequently conspicuous. 
Bull. For. Bur. Manila (1906), 4, 53; 2d ed. (1907), 4, r^G. 
Ahern, 1. c., 88-90, 
