336 PHILIPPINE FIBER PLANTS 
The chief use of this plant is in the production of the fiber 
used in manufacturing sabutan hats. Hats made of sabutan 
are strong and durable, and in texture more nearly resemble 
the Panama hat than any other kind manufactured in the Phil- 
ippines. The unbleached hats are a light green color, and the 
chief objection to them is that they do not bleach readily. Good 
sabutan hats, however, command high prices in the Philippines. 
Sleeping mats of excellent quality are made from sabutan 
fibers either in natural or dyed shades. 
PANDANUS SIMPLEX Merr.(Plate VII). KARAGOMOI. 
Local names: Kalagimai (Tayabas); karagémoi (Tayabas, Camarines, 
Albay, Catanduanes, Sorsogon, Leyte, Cebu) ; pandan or pandan-totoo (La- 
guna); Luisiana pandan, Cavinti pandan, Majayjay pandan (from towns 
in Laguna where it is much used) ; bangkodng (Laguna, Tayabas, hat trade 
in Manila, mat trade in Camarines and Albay). 
This species is found in the provinces of Nueva Vizcaya, Rizal, 
Laguna, Tayabas, Camarines, Albay, Sorsogon, Leyte, Cebu, 
and on the islands of Polillo and Catanduanes. It is usually 
planted in the Banahao region, where it is of great economic 
importance, and is frequently cultivated in Camarines. The 
karagomoi variety, of the Bikol provinces, has leaves 6 to 10 
centimeters wide and up to 3.5 meters long; the variety cul- 
tivated in the Banahao region, the “Majayjay pandan,” has 
leaves up to 20 centimeters wide and 5 meters long.* 
The prepared strips of the leaves are very extensively used for 
making coarse and fine mats, hats, bags, and telescope baskets. 
They are also used extensively for making fancy. articles such as 
picture frames, wall pockets, hand bags, and fancy slippers. 
In preparing the fiber, the spiny margins and the midribs 
of the leaves are removed and the leaves cut into strips of 
desired width. The strips are then dried in the sun and allowed 
to wilt. To make them pliable they are rolled under one end 
of a heavy log. They are further dried in the sun and are then 
ready for use. 
PANDANUS TECTORIUS Soland. (Plates VII, VIII). CoMMOoN oR BEACH 
PANDAN. 
Local names: Baroi (Sorsogon); pandén (Pampanga, Tarlac, Rizal, 
Batangas, Tayabas, Camarines, Albay, Mindoro, Iloilo, Antique, Oriental 
Negros, Leyte, Cebu, Surigao, Davao, Zamboanga); pangddn (Abra, Pan- 
gasinan, Camiguin Island); pangldn (Iloko and Sambali in Zambales) ; 
sabutdn (Rizal); uwhango (Batanes Islands). 
This species is the commonest and most widely distributed pan- 
dan in the Islands. It is abundant along the seashore and 

* The “pandan of Majayjay” is described by Muller and Robinson as 
Pandanus utilissimus Elmer: this is a synonym of P. simplex. 
