PHILIPPINE WOODS. 
389 
MANGACHAPUY. 
Hopea acuminata Merr. Fam. Dl PTEROCARPACE/E. 
Bacuog (Pang.) ; banacao (II.) ; ealiot (Pang.) ; dalinclingan (Ba- 
taan) ; mangachapny (T.). 
Philippines. 
Hard and heavy. Sp. gr. 0.726. 
Light yellowish or whitish; heart slightly darker than the sap. Wood 
darkening rather rapidly on exposure to the air. Straight and coarse 
grained. No seasonal rings. Faintly resinous odor. 
Uses. — Barrotos ; beams in interior construction ; ceilings ; decks ; floor- 
ing ; house construction ; inside partitions of houses ; masts ; naval con- 
struction ; outrigger supports ; piles ; planks ; sacayanes ; waterways. 
Structure. — Pith-rays medium size, distinct. Vessels medium size, 
scattered. Besin canals present, containing whitish resin. 
Bull. For. Bur. Manila, 2d ed. (1907), 4, 68-69. 
Ahern, 1. c., 67-68. 
MAYAPIS. 
Anisoptera vidaliana Brandis. Fam. DIPTEROCARPACE/E. 
(Mocanera mayapis Blanco. Dipterocarpus mayapis Blanco.) 
Anisoptera thurifera (Blanco) Blume. 
( Mocanera thurifera Blanco, Dipterocarpus thurifer Blanco), which has some- 
times been credited with furnishing white lauan is one of the probable sources of 
mayapis. 
Apu (Cag.) ; dagang (Bizal) ; mayapis (T.) ; paihapy (Z.) ; palosapis- 
(Z., Bataan). 
Philippines. 
Light and soft. Sp. gr. 0.399. 
White and gray ; heart-wood slightly darker than the sap. Coarse and 
crooked grained. No distinct seasonal rings. Slightly resinous odor. 
Uses. — Bancas; boxes; canoes; flooring; light or temporary construc- 
tion ; paper making ; rice mortars. 
Structure. — Pith-rays medium size, distinct. Vessels medium size, 
scattered. Besin canals fairly numerous, with whitish resin. Wood 
parenchyma scanty and scattered. 
Bull. For. Bur. Manila (1906), 4, 63 ; 2d ed. (1907), 4, 66. 
MOLAVE. 
Vitex littoralis Deene. Fam. VERBENACE/E. 
(Vitex altissima Blanco.) 
Vitex pubescens Vahl. 
(Vitex latifolia Blanco.) 
Agubarao (V.) ; amugauan (II.) ; bulaon (T., V., Pamp.) ; ealipapa 
(Moro) ; molauin (T.) ; salincapa (Guimaras) ; tugas (V.). 
Malaya. 
Hard and heavy. Sp. gr. 0.778. 
