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

LNAMES AND FAMILYOfficial Common NameScientific NameLocal NameFamily NameBitaogCalophyllum inophyllum L.Batargo, parnitaogen, vitang, vutalao (Batanes,Cagayan); bitaog (Babuyanes, Cagayan,Isabela, Ilocos Norte, Abra, La Union,Zambales,.Batman, Batangas, Lanao, Agusan,Camiguin); dankalan or dangkalan (BatanesIsabela, Polilio, Tayabas, Camarines,Catanduanes, Mindoro, Burias, Masbate,Samar,. Capiz, Negros Oriental, Palawan,Agusan, Lanao, Cotabato, Davao,Zamboanga, Basilan); bitaoi, pamitaogen(Cagayan, Pangasinan, Tarlac); palomaria(Cagayan, Nueva Ecija, Tayabas, Zambales,Bataan, Mindoro, Cebu); palomaria de playa(Pangasinan, Laguna, Camarines Sur,Masbate, Mindoro, Agusan, Zamboanga,Basilan); bilasi (Zambales); bitong (Bataan);tamayuan (Batangas); bitaog (Camarines);dangkaian (Catanduanes); bitanghol (Leyte);dangkaan (Davao); makabanakan(Zamboanga); tambo (Sulu).Guttiferae2. DISTRIBUTIONWidely distributed throughout the Philippines along seashores and bank ofstreams oflow and medium altitudes particularly in the provinces of Ca gay an, Isabela,Quirino, Aurora, Palawan, Zamboanga, Agusan, Surigao del Sur, Davao and Lanaodel Sur. A fair amount is obtainable in Bataan, Zambales and Mindoro.3. TREE CHARACTERISTICSA large tree attaining a diameter of 130 cm. Bole short, seldom reaching 5 m.with big sprading branches, the part of the tree most commonly used.4. WOOD DESCRIPTIONSapwood 2 to 5 cm. thick, light colored, well marked-off from the heartwood,which is light reddish brown; grain decidedly crowded; texture moderately fine;very -glossy; no odor or taste; heavy. Growth rings marked by terminal parenchymaspaced from a fraction from a mIll to 1.5 mm, occasionally more. Vessels mostlyisolated; diffuse but arranged in oblique or radial chains of 2 to 4 in a row; vesselelements difficult to distinguish. Tyloses and gummy deposits present. Fibersdense.42