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Santol ( Sandoricum s-p. ) . 



A moderately hard and heavy wood, weighing 16.4 kilos (36 pounds) per 

 cubic foot. The sap-wood is gray, the heart-wood faintly reddish, resembling the 

 color of hemlock. It is close and straight grained, very easy to work and it 

 takes a fine polish. The wood has a camphor-like odor when first cut. The 

 pores are small and the medullary rays fine. 



Distribution. — The tree is very common in cultivation and in old clearings, 

 also in lowland forests; it is found throughout the Philippines and in the Indo- 

 Malayan region. 



Remarks. — The scientific designation is Sandoricwm indicum Cav., 

 but the very similar wood malasantol is common in the forest and is 

 furnished by the closely related Sandoricum vidalii Merr. 



Other woods worthy of mention, but upon which no work has been 

 done are taluto (Pterocymbivm tinctoriwm Merr.), malapapaya (Polys- 

 das nodosa Seem.), papaya and balete and other species of the genus 

 Ficus, Grewia sp., etc. All of these are of common occurrence, are very 

 soft and light and are white or nearly so in color. They all mold very 

 quickly if allowed to cure in the log. - 



DATA ON THE STAND OF CUPANG, LAUAN AND MAYAPIS IN BATAAN PROVINCE.' 



On the west coast, the basin drained by the Binonangan River com- 

 prises approximately 6,120 acres. The topography of this area is such 

 that lumbering operations can easily be carried on. The distance from 

 the coast to the most remote timber in this basin is about 6 miles. 

 The area is well forested, except for a narrow strip on the seacoast where 

 the timber is small and scattered. The principal wood species found 

 on this area are panao, tanguile, lauan, guijo, may apis and cupang. The 

 cupang, among the pulp woods, covers only the lower elevations up to 

 900 feet, an area of approximately 3,900 acres, while the lauan and 

 mayapis are distributed over the whole region. 



The estimated total stand of the three woods is given as — 



Cubic feet. 



Cupang -. 1,870,720 



Lauan 1,578,960 



Mayapis 1,040,400 



Total 4,490,080 



These figures represent only the merchantable stand in the basin, of 

 trees of these species of 20 inches or more in diameter after making 

 an average deduction of 20 per cent for unsound timber; hence 5,000,000 

 cubic feet of pulp wood may be obtained from this small area. 



The yield tables 4 for the merchantable stand of timber on 4,590 

 hectares (11,339 acres) of public forest on the eastern coast of Mindoro 



3 Bryant, R. C: Rep. Bu. Forestry, P. I., (1901-1902). 



4 Merrit, M. L., and Whitford, H. N.: Phil. Bu. Forestry (1900) ; 6. 



