PHILIPPINE WOODS. 
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The wood most -likely to be confused with agoho is liusin, which is 
useful for the same things and which is lighter in color, with larger and 
more widely scattered vessels. 
Bull. For. Bur. Manila (1907), 4, 68. 
ALUPAG. 
Euphoria cinerea Radik. Fam. SAPI N DACE/C. 
(Euphoria litchi Blanco. Sapindus cinereus Turcz. ) 
It is probable that other closely related species in the genus Nephelium 
furnish some of this wood. 
Alipay, alupag (T.) ; alupag ama, alupe (Pamp.) ; apalong (N. Luz.) ; 
bulala (B.) ; dulit (1ST eg.-) ; halupag (Tayabas). 
Philippines. 
Heavy and very hard. 
Seasonal rings distinct. Diffuse porous. Sapwood very pale reddish ; 
heartwood very slightly darker. Fine and straight grained. 
Uses.— House construction; flooring; posts; ax handles. 
Structure. — Pith-rays very fine and indistinct. Vessels small and 
scattered, often two, three or four in a row, separated only by cross parti- 
tions. 
Malugay is the wood most like alupag. It may be distinguished from 
alupag by its lighter weight, larger vessels and the distinct line at the 
end of the seasonal ring. 
AMUGUIS. 
Koordersiodendron pinnatum lOUfif. (f&A )/K qaj\, Fam. AN ACARDI ACE/E. 
(Odina multijuga Vid. Eelicteres pinnata Blanco. Crytocarpa quvnquestila 
Blanco. Odina speciosa Blume. ) 
Ambogues (V.) ; ampopo (C.) ;- bancalari (I.) ; bancochasi (II.) ; 
calumanog (V.) ; carugcog (B.) ; dangila (T.) ; laco-laco (V.) ; mar- 
santog (N. Luz.); palo-santo (T.) ; sambulauan (V.); twi (Neg.). 
Philippines, Celebes and Hew Guinea. 
Very widely distributed in the Islands. 
Moderately heavy and hard. . Sp. gr. 0.690. 
Sapwood pale red; heartwood dark red, both sap and heartwood often 
with irregular, lead-colored areas; black spots often scattered through 
the wood. Seasonal rings sometimes distinct, sometimes not. Diffuse 
porous. Bather fine, but not straight grained, not smoothing readily 
under the plane. Said to have a slightly disagreeable odor when freshly 
worked. 
Uses. — Ordinary construction and cabinet work; posts; rafters; floor- 
ing; furniture; inside partitions of houses; naval construction; planks; 
