MISCELLANEOUS USEFUL WILD PHILIPPINE 



PLANTS 



CONTENTS 



Page. 



Illustrations 85 



Introduction 87 



description of species.. 87 



Firewood 87 



Leucaena glauca 87 



Ink 90 



Phyllanthus reticulatus 90 



Lye 90 



Acanthus ilicifolius 90 



Paper Substitutes 90 



Homalomena philippinensis 90^ 



Musa spp 92 



Sphagnum 92 



Sphagnum sp 92 



Tannins 92 



Pinus insularis 92 



Weinmannia luzonensis 93 



Pithecolobium dulce 93 



Canarium luzonicum 94 



Calophyllum inophyllum 94 



Ardisia serrata 95 



Tobacco Substitutes gg 



Astilbe philippinensis 95 



Solanum inaequilaterale 9g 



Tree-fern Trunks I og 



Cyathea spp og 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



Fig. 1. Stand of ipil-ipil surrounded by cogon gg 



2. Interior of 2-year-old ipil-ipil stand , gg 



3. Root system of ipil-ipil showing tendency to develop long 



taproots gg 



4. Ipil-ipil sprouts 1 year old g9 



5. Strip 10 by 50 meters in interior of 1-year-old sprout stand 



of ipil-ipil from which 4.4 cubic meters (1.2 cords) of 



firewood was cut ,.. 9j 



6. Two-year old stand of ipil-ipil. Yeild 125 cubic meters of 



firewood per hectare (13i cords per acre) 91 



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