PHILIPPINE WOODS. 
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NATO. 
Palaquium spp. Fam. SAPOTACE/E. 
Banilac (Y.) ; narec (V.> T.) ; malac malac, palac palac, dolitan. 
Light to moderately heavy; soft to moderately hard. 
Pale-reddish ; sapwood only slightly lighter than the heart. Straight- 
grained. No seasonal rings. 
Uses. — Light construction ; flooring ; siding. 
Structure. — Pith-rays small and indistinct. Vessels small or medium 
size, in short radial rows. Wood parenchyma in numerous, fine, con- 
centric lines. 
This wood is very often substituted for amuguis. 
PALO MARIA. 
PALO MARIA DE LA PLAYA OR BITAOG. 
Calophyllum inophyllum L. Fam. GUTTI FER/E. 
This species is cosmopolitan in the Tropics. It is known as poon in 
India. 
PALO MARIA DEL MONTE OR BITANHOL. 
Calophyllum wallichianum Planch, et Tr. 
Calophyllum spp. 
Bancalan (T.) ; dincalan (T.) ; pamitaogan (V.); zarumayen (II.). 
Hard and moderately heavy. Sp. gr. 0.621. 
Reddish-brown. Grain fine and crossed. No seasonal rings. 
Uses. — General construction; masts; hubs; turnery; fine furniture; 
bridge building; carriage building; cascoes; decks of ships; flooring; 
f uttock timbers ; house posts ; oars ; paddles ; ships’ booms ; bowsprits ; 
spars; wagon shafts; keels of boats; recommended for railroad ties. 
Structure. — Pith-rays fine and indistinct. Vessels of medium size, 
in irregular, branching, radial lines; with sulphur-yellow deposits. Wood 
parenchyma in a few, coarse, concentric lines and scattered. 
Bitaog, or palo maria de la playa, differs from bitanhol, or palo maria 
del monte, in having a much more twisted and crooked grain. It is there- 
fore the finer furniture wood. Otherwise these two woods are suitable 
for the same things and not distinct in structure. 
Bull. For. Bur. Manila (1906), 4 , 60-61; 2d ed. (1907), 4 , 64. 
Ahern, 1. c., 77-78. 
PANAO. 
For description see Apitong. Panao is like apitong in all respects, 
except that it is less resinous and has less wood parenchyma. Not 
ordinarily distinguished from apitong. 
Bull. For. Bur. Manila (1906), 4 , 52; 2d ed. (1907), 4 , 54. 
Ahern, 1. c., 79-80. 
