148 PHILIPPINE RESINS, GUMS, AND OILS 
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NEPHELIUM MUTABILE Blanco. BULALA. 
Local names: Alpdi (Laguna); bakaldu (Pangasinan); balimbingan 
(Lanao) ; buldla (Camarines, Tayabas, Laguna, Rizal) ; kakao-kakao (Su- 
rigao); karayo (Mindoro); laguan (Tayabas); malamputian (Samar) ; 
mardngis (Cagayan); pangydu (Rizal). 
BULALA OIL 
Heyne * reports that according to Greshoff the seeds contain 
29.2 per cent of fat melting at 34° C. He says that it was 
formerly used as a lamp oil. 
Nephelium mutabile is a tree reaching a height of about 25 
meters and a diameter of 45 centimeters. The leaves are al- 
ternate and compound, with rather large, smooth, alternate ‘ 
leaflets, which are pointed at both ends. The flowers are small 
and occur in considerable numbers on simple or compound in- 
florescences. The fruits are red, about 4 centimeters in length, 
and completely covered with numerous, rather soft projections. 
The flesh is white, abundant, juicy, and of very good flavor. It 
surrounds a single, rather large seed. : 
This species is distributed from northern Luzon to southern 
Mindanao and is very common in Luzon. 
Family BOMBACACEAE 
Genus CEIBA 
CEIBA PENTANDRA Gaertn. (Fig. 51). Corton TREE or KApok. * 
Local names: Balios (Bulacan); basangldi (Ilocos Sur, Abra); bob0i, 
bubwi (Bulacan, Bataan, Cavite, Batangas, Rizal, Laguna, Tayabas, Min- 
doro); bowbdi (Capiz); bulak (Abra, Zambales, Pampanga, Bulacan, Ca- 
vite) ; bulak-dondél (Cebu); bulak-kastila (Pampanga); bilak-sino (Bu- 
lacan, Bataan, Cavite, Batangas, Rizal, Laguna, Tayabas, Mindoro) ; 
dogdol (Cebu); doldél (Leyte, Samar, Iloilo, Antique, Capiz, Bohol, Cebu, ¢ 
Cuyo Islands); dondél (Cebu); gdpas (Misamis); kdpah (Zambales) ; 
kapak (Bulacan, Rizal, Bohol); kdpas (Ilocos Norte and Sur, Zambales) ; 
kapas-sangldi (Ilocos Norte and Sur, Abra) ; kdpok or kapok (Tarlac, Sor- 
sogon, Masbate, Davao and other parts of Mindanao, Basilan, Sulu group) ; 
kapods (Pangasinan); kasanglai (Pangasinan); kayo (Camarines, Albay, 
Sorsogon, Samar, Leyte, Capiz, Antique, Iloilo, Cebu, Bohol); sangldi 
(Abra). 
KAPOK OIL 
An oil resembling cotton-seed oil is extracted from the kapok 
seeds. It has a greenish-yellow color and a taste and odor which 
is not unpleasant. The oil is used for the manufacture of soap 
and as a substitute for cotton-seed oil. Concerning the use of 

* Heyne, K., De Nuttige Planten van Nederlandsch-Indié, Volume 3 7 
(1917), page 162. 
