160 PHILIPPINE RESINS, GUMS, AND OILS 
According to Hefter,* Schadler reports that the seeds of this® 
species yield an oil which should be good for illumination. 
Barringtonia asiatica is a tree 8 to 15 meters in height. The 
leaves are 20 to 40 centimeters long, without individual stalks, 
shiny, larger near the apex than near the base, the apex rounded, 
and the base somewhat pointed. The flowers are very large. 
The petals are four in number, white, oblong, 7 to 8 centimeters 
long, and 3 to 4 centimeters wide. The stamens are very nu- 
merous, slender, united at the base, 10 to 12 centimeters long, 
white below, and shading to purple above. The fruit is sharply 
four- or rarely five-angled, 8 to 14 centimeters long, 8 to 12 cen- 
timeters thick, and contain a single large seed. 
This species is distributed along the seashore throughout the 
Archipelago. 
BARRINGTONIA RACEMOSA (L.) Blume. PUTAT. 
Local names: Kutkut timbalong (Zamboanga); paling (Cagayan) ; pu- 
tad (Mindoro); putat (Bataan, Manila, Laguna, Tayabas, Camarines, 
Mindoro, Polillo, Ticao, Sibuyan, Negros, Cotabato, Zamboanga). 
PUTAT OIL 
According to Hefter,* Schidler reports that the seeds of this 
species yield an oil which should be good for illumination. 
Barringtonia racemosa is a shrub or small tree reaching a 
height of 10 meters. The leaves are crowded at the ends of the 
branches, smooth, 10 to 30 centimeters long, pointed at both* 
ends; the margins toothed. The flowers are white, or pink. 
The petals are 2 to 2.5 centimeters long. The stamens are very 
numerous and are 3 to 4 centimeters long. The fruit is ovoid 
to oblong ovoid, 5 to 6 centimeters long, somewhat four-angled, 
and green or purple. 
This species is found throughout the Philippines in open low-* 
lands and thickets near the seashore. 
Family COMBRETACEAE 
Genus TERMINALIA 
TERMINALIA CATAPPA L. (Fig. 55). TALISAI. 
Local names: Almendra de Indias (Spanish); dalisai (Cagayan) ; logo 
(Cagayan, Ilocos Norte and Sur, Abra, Union); salaisdu (Benguet) ; 
salisai (Zambales, Bataan); savidug (Batanes); talisai (Cagayan, Tarlac, 
Pampanga, Bulacan, Bataan, Rizal, Manila, Zambales, Laguna, Tayabas, 
Camarines, Mindoro, Albay, Sorsogon, Iloilo, Negros, Cotabato, Davao, 
Palawan); talisi (Basilan); yalisai (Tayabas). 


* Hefter, G., Technologie der Fette und Ole, Volume 2 (1908), page 331. d 
