PHILIPPINE WOODS. 
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Structure. — Pith-rays very fine. Vessels, one large row in the inner 
part of each ring, smaller vessels in more or less broken lines in outer 
part of ring. Dark-colored, glistening deposits in the vessels. Wood 
parenchyma in wide, wavy, tangential lines in outer part of each ring, 
connecting and surrounding the vessels. 
Ahern, 1. c., pp. 26-28. 
BANCAL. 
Sarcocephalus cordatus Miq. Pam. RUBIACE/E. 
(Nauclea glaberrima Blanco. Nauclea lutea Blanco.) 
Bancal (T.) ; bulala (II.) ; eabag (V.) ; nababalos. 
Malacca and Ceylon, India, through the Malay Archipelago to north 
Australia. Common throughout the Archipelago on low lands near the 
coast. 
Soft and moderately heavy. Sp. gr. about 0.550. 
Sapwood light-yellow ; heartwood darker yellow, no very sharp line of 
demarcation between the two. Seasonal rings distinct. Diffuse porous. 
Wood with a decidedly greasy feeling. 
Uses. — -Small boats; partitions; posts; rafters; flooring; ceilings; 
chairs; desks; barrel staves; paddles for beating clothes (palo-palo) ; 
tubs. 
Structure. — Pith-rays small. Vessels of medium size, usually sub- 
divided, in rough radial rows between the numerous fine pith-rays, which 
bend around them. Vessels often clogged with whitish deposits. 
Ahern, 1. c., 28-30. 
BAN SALAGUIN. 
Mimusops elengi L. Pam. SAPOTACE/C. 
Bansalaguin, cabique (T.) ; duyogduyog (V.) ; pasac (T. ) ; talipopo 
(V.). 
Eastern Tropics. The same as the “bullet tree” or “horse-flesh wood” 
of India. 
Very hard and heavy to very heavy. Sp. gr. 0.850 to 0.900. 
Sapwood, pale-reddish ; heartwood dark-red. Very finegrained. Sea- 
sonal rings present or absent. Diffuse porous. Bitter taste. Rubbing 
with water or saliva produces a lather. 
Uses. — A first-class construction timber, used for posts ;. shipbuilding ; 
treenails in shipbuilding; keels; marlin spikes; belaying pins; spokes and 
handles of ship’s wheel ; tool handles ; turnery. 
Structure. — Pith-rays very fine and indistinct. Vessels very small, 
in oblique, radial lines, with yellowish deposits. Wood parenchyma in 
discontinuous, wavy, tangential lines. 
Exceedingly like betis but has finer grain, darker color, greater weight 
and hardness. 
Bull. For. Bur. Manila (1906), 4 , 60; 2d ed. (1907) 4 , 64. Ahern, 
1. c., 30-31. 
