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FOXWORTHY. 
YACAL. 
Hopea plagata Vid. Fam. Dl PTEROCARPACE/E. 
(Mocanera plagata Blanco. Dipierocarpus plagatus Blanco.) 
Biti, callot (II.) ; linap (V.) ; maraga (Neg.) ; maratuba (Cag.) ; 
panigayan, salapugud, taggoy (II.). 
It seems likely that one or more other species may furnish some of the 
wood known as yacal. 
Philippines. 
Heavy and hard. Sp. gr. 0.830. 
Dirty-yellow to brownish. . Coarse and straight grained. Ho seasonal 
rings. Slightly resinous odor. 
Uses. — Beams; bridge construction; cabinetmaking; general construc- 
tion; desks; doors; flooring; girders; joists; keels; naval construction; 
outrigger supports ; piles ; posts ; rafters ; sleepers ; sternposts ; walls, 
exterior ; window sills ; railroad ties ; masts ; rudder posts ; spokes and 
felloes of carriage wheels. 
Structure. — Pith-rays small hut distinct. Vessels of medium size, 
scattered, frequently a slight border of wood parenchyma about the vessels. 
Eesin canals present, frequently conspicuous. 
Bull. For. Bur. Manila (1906), 4, 53; 2d ed. (1907), 4, 56. 
Ahem, 1. c., 88-90. 
