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

LNAMES AND FAMILYOfficial Common NameScientific NameLocal NamePamilyNameDuguanMyristica philippinensis Lam.Talibagan (Cagayan); mundura (TIocos Norte);mabolo palong (TIocos Sur); kutu, palong, pau(Abra); bagir, malamabolo (pangasinan).Myristicaceae2. DISTRIBUTIONThe species has been reported to abound in Cagayan, Camarines and Mindoro.It is a component of primary and old secondary forest at low to medium altitudes. Itis fairly commqu. on slopes and near creeks and streams in Mt. Banahaw, Quezon,Isabela, Aurora, Quirino, Palawan, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, Agusandel Sur, Agusan del Norte, Surigao del Norte, Davao del Norte, Davao Oriental andLanao del Sur.3. TREE CHARACTERISTICSMedium-sized tree up to 80 cm. in diameter; bole long; straight, cylindrical,tapering; branches arranged horizontally, teretes or rounded, quite slender, short,forming a sparse almost pyramidical to oblong shape crown; buttresses low,inconspicuous; bark surface dark brown to blackish, smooth with minute,inconspicuously sloughing flakes; inner bark red, profusely exuding red, blood-likewatery sap.4. WOOD DESCRIPTIONSapwood is lighter colored and not sharply marked off from heartwood, whichis reddish brown; grain straight; texture fine or moderately fine; soft to moderatelyhard; light to moderately heavy. Growth rings somewhat distinct, marked by terminalparenchyma. Pore barely to readily visible to the naked eye, solitary and in radialmultiples of 2-3 or more, the multiples more frequent. Parenchyma indistinct to thenaked eye, usually in terminal bands. Rays.not or hardly visible to the naked eye oncross section, often with whitish streaks in certain specimens; conspicuous in radialsurface due to col or of rays flecks.50