MANUAL ON THE PROPERTIES AND USES OF LESSER ... - ITTO

1. NAMES AND FAMILYOfficial Common NameAnang-gulodI SCientific Name Diospyros inclusa Merr.Local NamesSame as AnangFamily Name ... Ebenaceae2. DISTRIBUTIONSame as Anang.3. TREE CHARACTERISTICSA medium-sized tree growing to a height of 20 m. or more and attaining dbh of60 cm. or longer. Bole long, fluted somewhat near the base, erect, distinctly tapering.Buttress very low, simple, rounded. Bark surface smooth from a distance, blackcolored;grid-cracked on close observation or very finely cracked or fissuredlongitudinally and transversely, producing minute, appressed scales. Branches are.quite slender, short and inclined, black-cQlored. Crown sympodial, irregular inshape, dark green, dense but small.4. WOOD DESCRIPTIONHeartwood is jet black, small and often defective that is seldom put to any use;grain is straight; texture is fine; glossy very hard and very heavy. Growth rings aresometimes present marked by darker bands of wood tissues. Pores are slightlyradial multiples of 2-4, arranged in slightly oblique and radial pattern, often withdiscoloration" associated ~ith vessels. Parenchyma is wavy, continuous andsbmetimes Interrupted to give rise to diffuse parenchyma on short tang~ntiallines.18