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LNAMESANDFAMILYOfficial Common NameScientific NameLocal NameFamily NameLoktob.Duabanga moluccana BlumeArek (Cagayan, Pangasinan); bukag, kadig(Cagayan, llocos, Mountain Province); loktob(Cagayan, Quezon, Laguna, Mindoro, Nbay,Zambbanga); bayrekan (Nueva Vizcaya);malailang-Hang (Nueva Ecija); malapalikpik(Rizal); anaang (Catanduanes); karauan(Camarines); Ho-Ho (Capiz); dahi (NegrosOccidental, Misamis, Davao); tikatan(Cotabato); laton (Zamboanga).oSonnerqtiaceae2. DISTRIBUTIONIt can be found in forests along streams at low. and medium altitudes, ascendingto 1200 meters. Reported from Cagayan, Isabela, Mountain Province, llocos Norteand Sur, Abra, Nueva Vizcaya, Bulacan, Rizal, Bataan, Laguna, Quezon, Palawan,Leyte, Panay, Negros, Zam~oanga del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Agusan del Norte,. Surigao del Sur, Surigao del Norte, Davao del Norte, Davao Oriental and Lanao delSur.3. TREE CHARACTERISTICSA large tree attaining a diameter of 90 cm. and a height of 50 meters. Boleregular, usually straight, short, seldom reaching 15 meters. Buttress high to morethan 1 m. plank, symmetrical, spreading to 3 m. Branches ascending, few, short,rounded. Bark surface greenish brown with yellowish and purplish tinge, hard,brittle, pimpled with diffusely arranged purplish and black lenticels that are roundedwith purplish horizontal slits, flaking and shredding irregularly into thin flakes whoseunderside is blackish or shiny leaving greenish and yellowish brown scars on thebole; give stain when chopped with bolo, middle bark purplish brown; inner barkpale or dull brown, woody wiQ1 fine fibers, exuding watery sap sparingly.4. WOOD DESCRIPTIONSapwood 6 to 8 cm. thick, not sharply marked off from the heartwood, which islight reddish brown; grain crossed; texture coarse; glossy when cut in tangentialsection;· no distict taste or odor. Fipers loose. Occasional tyloses present.62