DESCRIPTION OF SPECIES 73 



Family ELAEOCARPACEAE 



Genus ELAEOCARPUS 



ELAEOCARPUS CALOMALA (Blanco) Merr. Kalomala. 



Local names: Bunsilak, maglumboi (Mindoro) ; huiigo, ungo (Tayabas, 

 Mindoro) ; kundkun (Surigao) ; malanopit (Rizal) ; kalomala (Batangas, 

 fide Blanco) . 



The inner bark is used for making rope. The fruit is edible. 



Elaeocarpus calomala is a tree reaching a height of about 

 25 meters and a diameter of about 60 centimeters. The leaves 

 are alternate, smooth, oval, pointed at both ends, 6 to 15 cen- 

 timeters in length, and with toothed margins. The flowers are 

 white, fragrant, about a centimeter in diameter, and borne in 

 axillary racemes. The fruit is red, oval, and contains a single, 

 rough, hard stone. 



This species is distributed from the Mountain Province, Luzon, 

 to southern Mindanao. 



Family TILIACEAE 



Genus COLUMBIA 



COLUMBIA BLANCO I Rolfe. Mamaued. 



Local names: Anildii, mamadling, mamaued, mamued (Rizal) ; keddeng 

 (Iloko, Beng-uet) . 



A weak rope is made from the bast of this tree. It is a 

 good rope during the rainy season on account of its durability 

 when wet. King found it to have a tensile strength of 302 

 kilos per square centimeter. Wetting increased the strength 

 about 1 per cent. 



Columbia blancoi is a small tree attaining a height of about 

 10 meters. The leaves are hairy, pointed at the apex, rounded 

 or heart-shaped at the base, from 12 to 30 centimeters long, 

 and with toothed margins. The flowers are pink or yellow 

 and are in large terminal panicles. The fruits are ovoid cap- 

 sules about 1 centimeter long and with two to four wings. 



This species has been reported only from Luzon. 



COLUMBIA LANCEOLATA Warb. Kadiix. 



Local names: Anildii (Zambales); haliudn (Pangasinan) ; kadiin, lapnit 

 (Pangasinan) . 



The bark of this tree is used for making rope. 



Cohimhia lanceolata is a tree reaching a height of 25 meters 

 and a diameter of 40 centimeters. The leaves have toothed 

 margins, a conspicuous pointed tip, and an oblique base. They 



