74 PHILIPPINE FIBER PLANTS 



are hairy, and from 8 to 15 centimeters in length. The fruits 

 have five wings. 



This species is found in second-growth forests in Luzon. 



COLUMBIA MOLLIS Warb. Keddeng. 



Local name: Keddeng (Ilocos Sur, Abra, Nueva Vizcaya). 



The bark of this tree is used for making rope. 



Columbia mollis is a tree reaching a height of about 18 meters 

 and a diameter of about 40 centimeters. The leaves are alter- 

 nate, hairy, rounded and somewhat oblique at the base, pro- 

 minently pointed at the tip, from 8 to 20 centimeters in length, 

 and with toothed margins. The fruits have two or three wings. 



This species occurs in Luzon. 



COLUMBIA SERRATI FOLIA (Cav.) Pers. Anilau. 



Local names: Alindu (Camarines) ; anilau (Bataan, Laguna, Tayabas, 

 Camarines, Sorsogon, Mindoro, Masbate, Iloilo, Leyte, Surigao, Butuan, 

 Cotabato, Zamboanga) ; bagarildu (Bataan); banilad (Laguna) ; banlot 

 (Iloilo) ; hainiid (Mindoro) ; hanagdong (Palawan) ; Idho (Cagayan) ; 

 laidsin (Marinduque) ; mamaued (Rizal). 



Judging from Mendiola's figures, the bast is very weak. A 

 red dye is obtained from the bark. 



Colu7nbia serratifolia is a small tree, 3 to 10 meters high. 

 The branches and leaves are hairy. The leaves are 10 to 20 

 centimeters in length, pointed, with a very oblique base, and 

 toothed margins. The flowers are 6 to 7 millimeters long, with 

 pink and yellowish or reddish petals, and borne in panicles. 

 The fruits are about 1 centimeter long and with three or four 

 wings. 



This species is common in second-growth forests throughout 

 the Philippines. 



Genus CORCHORUS 

 CORCHORUS CAPSULARIS L. PaSAU NA BILOG. 



Local names: Panigbin, sumpa (Samar) ; pdsau na bilog (Tag.). 



For a discussion of the fiber of this plant see Corchorus 

 olitorius. 



Corchorus capsidaris is an erect, branched, annual herb 1 

 to 2 meters in height. The stems are usually purplish. The 

 leaves are alternate, the apex pointed, the base rounded with 

 a tail-like projection on each side of the midrib, the margins 

 toothed. The flowers occur in small groups in the axils of 

 the leaves and are about 4 millimeters long. The petals are 

 yellow and the sepals often purphsh. The fruit is a somewhat 

 rounded capsule, about a centimeter in diameter and with longi- 

 tudinal ridges. 



