206 PHILIPPINE RESINS, GUMS, AND OILS 
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Acacia farnesiana is a large, spiny shrub or small tree from 
5 to 4 meters in height. The leaves are 5 to 8 centimeters long, 
and bipinnate, usually with ten to twelve leaflets. The leaflets 
are 4 to 7 millimeters in length. The flowers are yellow and 
fragrant and are borne in dense, globose heads, which are about 
1 centimeter in diameter. The pods are 5 to 7 centimeters long 
and 1 to 1.5 centimeters wide, straight or curved. 
This species is probably a native of tropical America, but 
is widely distributed in waste places in the Philippines and is 
one of the commonest plants in the early stages of the invasion 
of grasslands by second-growth forests. 
Genus KINGIODENDRON 
KINGIODENDRON ALTERNIFOLIUM Merr. (Figs. 67, 68). BATETE. 
Local names: Batéte (Tayabas, Sorsogon, Ticao Island, Masbate) ; dang- 
gui (Camarines, Tayabas, Albay, Sorsogon, Masbate); dukd (Negros, Ta- 
blas Island, Leyte); kalikit (Agusan); kuwmagasdka, palind (Agusan, 
Davao) ; longbayau or manogbayo (Agusan); bagbalégo, magabalogo (Sa- 
mar); palomaria (Zamboanga); salaldvgin (Albay, Sorsogon); sarok 
(Davao) ; paind, parind or payind (Camarines, Albay, Sorsogon); tud-an 
(Misamis). 
BATETE INCENSE 
Batete has a dark-green sap which thickens to a gummy con- 
sistency on exposure. Nothing is known of its chemical prop- 
erties, but mention is made in Spanish literature of its use for 
incense. 
Kingiodendron alternifolium is a tree reaching a height of 
30 to 35 meters and a diameter of 80 to 100 centimeters. The 
bark is 7 to 10 millimeters thick, gray to gray brown with a 
yellowish tinge, and is shed in large scroll-shaped patches. The 
inner bark is red. The leaves are alternate, and simply com- 
pound with from 3 to 7, usually alternate, leaflets, which are 
smooth, leathery, pointed at the apex, rounded or pointed at 
the base, and from 8 to 18 centimeters long. The flowers are 
small and borne on compound inflorescences. The fruits are 
rounded or oval, frequently somewhat flattened, 4 to 5 centi- 
meters long, and 3 to 4 centimeters wide. 
This species is distributed from central Luzon to Mindanao. 
Family RUTACEAE 
Genus CITRUS 
CITRUS. HYSTRIX DC... (ig: 69). KABUYAU. 
Local names: Dungurungut (Cagayan); kabiyau (Pampanga, Tarlac, 
Bulacan, Zambales, Bataan, Manila, Batangas, Laguna, Zamboanga) ; 
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