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These uses are classified as follows :'^° 



Uses for the iuri palm. 



'Unopened leaf- 



The Buei 

 Palm. 



Opened leaf 



Sap 



Fruit 



'Rope. 



Substitute f o r 

 raffia fiber. 



r Blades 



Cloth. 



Called so^Mrawj. Fancy articles 

 (Bohol), daet 

 (Capiz) . 



Fibrous strips of 

 the blade. 



Midrib 



r Leaf- 



Petiole for buntal fiber 



String. 



rBuri hats. 

 Mats ( petates ) . 

 Bags ( bayones ) . 

 Baskets. 

 Fancy articles. 



JKalasiao or Pototan hats. 

 (Rope. 



Covering for tobacco bales. 

 Thatch for houses. 

 Window blinds. 

 Midrib for brooms. 

 iFans, etc.b 



[Buntal hats. 

 (Rope. 



fFermented drink. 

 Vinegar. 

 Alcohol. 



Sirup [pulut ehusa'') . 

 Palm sugar. 



f\"oung fruit kernels are edible (sweetmeats). 



Old kernel 



(Rosary beads. 



\ Buttons. b 



rStarch. 



^^^^1^ \ Bark for soles of sandals. 



LWood for fences. 



' The Pampangan dialect for buri sirup, pulut meaning sirup, and ebus, the name of 

 the palm. 



I* Not a use in the Philippines. 



In the Philippines, many of these uses date from the earliest histoiy of the 

 Islands. In 1579 Gabriel de Ribera'" states that, their expedition being short 

 of food, they cut down large quantities of [buri] palm trees on the Island of 

 Mindanao and were four days engaged in preparing starch. Again he states:'' 



"The chief food of the river of Mindanao is landun, which is made from 

 certain palm trees very abundant in that land, called buri. After soaking this 



" I am indebted to Hugo H. Miller, of the School of Commerce, for the diagram 

 and other information. 



''Blair and Robertson, The Philippine Islands, Cleveland (1903), 4, 276. 

 " Ihid., 284. 



