208 PHILIPPINE RESINS, GUMS, AND OILS 



Acacia faymesiana is a large, spiny shrub or small tree from 

 3 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 ALTERN I FOLI U M Merr. (Figs. 67, 68). Batete. 

 Local names: Batete (Tayabas, Sorsogon, Ticao Island, Masbate) ; dang- 

 gdi (Camarines, Tayabas, Albay, Sorsogon, Masbate) ; duka (Negros, Ta- 

 blas Island, Leyte) ; kalikit (Agusan) ; kumagasdka, palind (Agusan, 

 Davao) ; longhayuu or manoghayo (Agusan) ; bagbalogo. magabalogo (Sa- 

 mar) ; palomaria (Zamboanga) ; salnldngin (Albay, Sorsogon) ; sarok 

 (Davao) ; paind, parind or puyind (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 altemifoliiim 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. (Fig. 69). Kabuyau. 



Local names: Dungwttngiit (Cagayan) ; kabuyau. (Pampanga, Tarlac, 

 Bulacan, Zambales, Bataan, Manila, Batangas, Laguna, Zamboanga) ; 



