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LNAMES AND FAMILYOfficial Common NameScientific NameLocal NameFamily NameKalumpitTenninalia microcarpa DecneAlupi, kalupi, kalusit, lauang (Cagayan); anagep(Cagayan, Mountain Province, TIocos Sur);kalauitit (Cagayan, Mountain Province, NuevaVizcaya); ambobok, ambobonat (Jsabela);sakat (Pampanga, Laguna); galamayen,gayumayem (Zambales), dalinsi (Tayabas,Bataan); bisal, kalosit (Bulacan);kalamansanai (Rizal); balisayin, dilasa,dumasil, malagabi (Mindoro); tina(CamarinesNorte); dalinson,kalamagon, tangal(Camarines Sur); kalimangog, kaluniangog(Sorsogon, Masbate, Samar); magtalisai(Sorsogon, Masbate); lumangog (Leyte, lloilo)taya-taya (Hoilo); kalomagon (Samar);balisayon (Negros Occidental); kamaris(Palawan); bogo (Butuan); bulao(Zamboanga).Combretaceae2. DISTRIBUTIONWidely distributed from Northern Luzon to Mindanao and Palawan, in mostProvinces and islands in the more open portions of the diptrocarp forests at low andmedium altitudes.3. TREE CHARACTERISTICSA large tree that attains a diameter of 100 cm. Bole straight, regular 10 to 12m. long. Buttress small.4. WOOD DESCRIPTIONSapwood large, yellowish, merging gradually into the heartwood, which is lightbrown to dark reddish brown; grain slightly crossed; sometimes curly or wavy;texture moderately coarse; fairly glossy; taste and scent not perceptible. Growthrings indistinct; marked by alternating rings of porous and less porous wood.Sometimes marked by very narrow yet distinct terminal parenchyma. Vessels mostlyisolated; rather irregularly distributed; several rows of relatively large vessels inconcentric alignment and those in the rays on both sides, partly with the vasicentricaliformparenchyma, and when free abut upon the fibers. Perforation plateshorizontally or slightly inc1ine.d;_some with scanty tyloses. Fibers comparativelydense.54