150 PHILIPPINE RESINS, GUMS, AND OILS 



NEPHELIUM MUTABILE Blanco. BuLALA. 



Local names: Alpui (Laguna) ; bakaldu (Pangasinan) ; baUmbiiigan 

 (Lanao) ; buldla (Camarines, Tayabas, Laguna, Rizal) ; kakao-kakao (Su- 

 rigao) ; karayo (Mindoro) ; luguan (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 saj's 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). CoTTON TREE or Kapok. 



Local names: Bulios (Bulacan) ; basangh'd (Ilocos Sur, Abra) ; boboi, 

 buhiU (Bulacan, Bataan, Cavite, Batangas, Rizal, Laguna, Tayabas, Min- 

 doro) ; boiboi (Capiz) ; bulak (Abra, Zambales, Pampanga, Bulacan, Ca- 

 vite) ; bulak-dondol (Cebu) ; bulak-kastila (Pampanga) ; bidak-sino (Bu- 

 lacan, Bataan, Cavite, Batangas, Rizal, Laguna, Tayabas, Mindoro) ; 

 dogdol (Cebu) ; doldol (Leyte, Samar, Iloilo, Antique, Capiz, Bohol, Cebu, 

 Cuyo Islands) ; dondol (Cebu) ; gdpas (Misamis) ; kdpah (Zambales) ; 

 kdpak (Bulacan, Rizal, Bohol) ; kdpas (Ilocos Norte and Sur, Zambales) ; 

 kdpas-sangldi (Ilocos Norte and Sur, Abra) ; kapok or kapok (Tarlac, Sor- 

 sogon, Masbate, Davao and other parts of Mindanao, Basilan, Sulu group) ; 

 kapos (Pangasinan) ; kasangldi (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-Indie, Volume 3 

 (1917), page 162. 



