152 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 contains a single large seed. 



This species is distributed along the seashore throughout the 

 Archipelago. 



BARRINGTONIA RACEMOSA (L.) Blume. PUTAT. 



Local names: Kutkut thnbalong (Zamboanga) ; paling (Cagayan) ; pii- 

 tad (Mindoro) ; pi'itat (Bataan, Manila, Laguna, Tayabas, Camai'ines, 

 Mindoro, Polillo, Ticao, Sibuyan, Negros, Cotabato, Zamboanga). 



PUTAT OIL 



According to Hefter,* Schadler reports that the seeds of this 

 species yield an oil which should be good for illumination. 



Barringtonia Jacemoaa 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). TALfSAl. 



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., Technologic der Fette und Ole, Volume 2 (1908), page 331. 



