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FOXWORTHY. 
SACAT. 
T erminalia nitens Presl. Fam. COM BRETACEZE. 
Philippines. 
Moderately heavy and moderately hard. Sp. gr. 0.589. 
Sapwood very light; heartwood gray or brownish-yellow. Coarse and 
straight grained. Seasonal rings distinct. Diffuse porous. Colors 
water a pale yellow. 
Uses. — Light construction. 
Structure. — Pith-rays medium size, distinct. Vessels medium size and 
scattered, occasionally roughly grouped in irregular wavy tangential lines. 
Bull. For. Bur. Manila (1906), 4 , 55; 2d ed. (1907), 4 , 58. 
(See also note under “Talisay.”) 
SANTOL. 
Sandoricum indicum Cav. Fam. MELLACEZE. 
Southern Asia and Malaya. The false or wild mangosteen of India. 
Commonly cultivated for its fruit. 
Moderately heavy and soft. “Weight about 36 lbs. per cu. ft.” 
Pinkish; straight grained. Aromatic odor somewhat camphor-like 
but faint. Seasonal rings present or absent. When soaked in water, 
producing a reddish tinge. 
. Uses. — Light framing ; cabinetwork ; house posts ; wood carving ; 
wooden blocks for shaping hats. This wood is exceedingly easy to work. 
Structure. — Pith-rays small but distinct. Vessel small and scattered. 
Wood parenchyma scanty and scattered. 
SASALIT. 
Vitex aherniana-Merr. Fam. VERBENACEZE. 
Gkialberto (II.) ; igang (Baler) ; dungula (V.) ; sasalit (T.). 
Philippines. 
Very hard and heavy. Sp. gr. 0.872. 
Pale yellow to dark, yellowish-brown. Fine and wavy grained. Sea- 
sonal rings not present. 
Uses. — Posts and general house construction ; telegraph poles ; railroad 
ties. 
Structure. — Pith-rays fine but distinct. Vessels small and scattered. 
Wood parenchyma scanty or wanting. 
Sasalit is exceedingly like molave in structure, but it is much harder 
and it does not turn the same bright greenish-yellow as molave, when' 
treated with an alkali. It also appears very much like yacal; but it 
differs in structure by its smaller vessels and its lack of wood parenchyma. 
It also behaves differently when treated with an alkali. 
Bull. For. Bur. Manila (1906), 4 , 63-64; 2d ed. (1907), 4 , 67. 
