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FOXWORTHY. 
Heartwood pale yellow; sapwood only slightly lighter in color. Fine 
and usually cross-grained. Seasonal rings present. Diffuse porous. 
Slightly acid odor. Bitter taste. Turning greenish-yellow when treated 
with an alkali. Staining water a greenish-yellow color. 
Uses. — Axles; beams; bridges; cabinetmaking; carabao yokes; cog- 
wheels ; general high-grade construction ; docks ; doors ; finishing of 
houses; firewood; flooring; footings in the ground; futtocks; palo 
(wooden club to pound rice) ; posts ; joists ; knees ; piles ; pillars ; pinions ; 
planks; plows; rafters; rice mortars; shipbuilding; cutwater; ships’ 
knees ; ribs ; frames ; siding of houses ; sleepers ; sternposts ; sugar presses ; 
wedges; wheel rims; wheels; undersills; paving blocks; railroad ties. 
Structure. — Pith-rays fine and indistinct. Vessels small and scattered. 
Bull. For. Bur. Manila (1906), 4 , 53 ; 2d ed. (1907), 4 , 55. 
Ahern, 1. c., 69-74. 
NAREA. 
Pterocarpus indicus Willd. Fam. LEGUMINOS/E. 
Pterocarpus echinatus Pers. 
Pterocarpus blancoi Merr. 
Pterocarpus klemmei Merr. 
Apalit (Parnp.) ; asana (T.) ; narra (T., V.) ; odiao (Parnp.) ; sangque 
(II., V.,) taga (1ST. Buz.) ; urian (Parnp.). 
The first two species are widely distributed throughout tropical Asia, 
the other two are known only from the Philippines. Said to be closely 
related to the “padouk” or “amboyna wood” of India. 
Moderately heavy and moderately hard. Sp. gr. 0.580. 
Heartwood white, yellow or red ; sapwood nearly white. Grain coarse 
and more or less twisted. Seasonal rings very distinct. Bing porous. 
Faint, sweet, cedary odor. Turning water a fluorescent blue. 
Uses .- — Bancas ; bridge construction ; cabinetmaking ; carabao yokes ; 
eascoes ; chests ; general construction ; doors ; dyewood ; finishing of 
houses; floors; furniture; posts; planks; rafters; ships; siding of houses; 
table tops ; walls ; window sills ; washbowls ; door panels ; carriage making. 
Structure . — Pith-rays very small. Bow of large vessels in inner part 
of ring and larger ones scattered in later part of season’s growth. Vessels 
surrounded by parenchyma. Wood parenchyma in fine, more or less 
wavy, concentric lines. Fine, parallel, transverse lines in tangential and 
radial sections. 
Bull. For. Bur. Manila (1906), 4 , 54; 2d ed. (1907), 4 , 57. 
Ahern, 1. c., 74-76. 
