RESINS AT 
» This species is very abundant in the forests of Luzon and is 
also found in Marinduque, Ticao, Mindoro, and Masbate. 
CANARIUM VILLOSUM F. Villa. (Fig. 13). PAGSAHINGIN. 
Local names: Antél (Ilocos Norte); dnteng (Ilocos Sur, Ilocos Norte, 
Zambales, Abra, Cagayan, Pangasinan, Union); brea (Zamboanga) ; dalit 
(Pangasinan) ; giret (Cagayan) ; kovibé (Isabela) ; milipéli or saong-sdong 
(Cebu); paksahingin (Bataan); pagsahingin (Laguna, Mindoro, Manila, 
Bataan); palsahingin (Bataan, Rizal, Laguna, Batangas, Zambales, Ma- 
rinduque) ; patsaingim (Rizal); pisa (Abra); sdling (Palawan, Bataan) ; 
sulu-sauingan (Negros); tabul (Benguet). 
PAGSAHINGIN RESIN 
This species yields a resin known locally as sahing. 
It is used locally for fuel and light and in some cases as caulk- 
ing material for bancas. 
Bacon * examined the oil obtained from this resin and found 
that it consisted principally of paracymol. In a later publica- 
tion Bacon + gives the results of further investigation: 
In November, 1909, 3.5 kilos of resin were collected from one tree near 
Lamao, Bataan Province. The volatile oil was distilled® from the resin 
in vacuo (4 to 6 millimeters) giving a total of 390 grams of oil (about 11 
per cent). The latter had an odor like that obtained during a similar 
distillation of Manila elemi (C. luzonicum A. Gray), and the aqueous 
portion of the distillate contained a considerable amount of formic acid, 
although there were no visible evidences of decomposition of the resin 
during the distillation in vacuo. The oil was then distilled six times over 
sodium, using a column of glass beads in the neck of the distilling flask, 
and gave the following fractions: 






eines Specific | Optical 
Fraction No. Weight. gusts Seth mates Big erie 
iD 30 D. 
» 
Grams. | Degrees. 
lt Sah. sas ee ee eS eee ee 102 | 154-158 1. 4645 852 39.4 
Ee et as ett SO Seema a oD 19 | 158-161 1. 4660 851 34.7 
5 as EE Ss Re ee Sat ee eee 45 | 161-165 1. 4690 850 29.4 
(ME oe ee ee ee ee Ce ee 40 | 165-170 1.4730 849 21.1 
 oedttess see SS eee ee See 47 170-175 1.4770 849 13.5 
| Ghec bee so Se Sa eee Se ae Ee ae le a ee 10 | 175-180 V4 95) Seno oe ee ee 







The residue was a thick, brown, viscous oil, which was attacked by 
sodium when an attempt was made to distill it over that metal. 
Fraction No. 1 had a strong odor of pinene, and Nos. 1, 2, and 3 each 

* Bacon, R. F., Philippine terpenes and essential oils, III. Philippine 
Journal of Science, Section A, Volume 4 (1909), page 94. 
» +Bacon, R. F., Philippine terpenes and essential oils, IV. Philippine 
Journal of Science, Section A, Volume 5 (1910), page 257. 
