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

I. NAMES AND FAMILYOfficial Common NameScientific NameLocal NameFamily NameMagabuyoCeltis luzonica Warb.Ma~abuyo (Bikol, P. Bisaya)Ulmaceae2. DISTRIBUTIONWidely distributed from Northern Luzon to Mindanao in thickets and mediumaltitudes.3. TREE CHARACTERISTICSLarge tree; height to 25 m, DBH to 60 cm. or more; bole long,cylindrical,erect, at times bent or crooked, tapering; branches rounded, stout; branchlet slender,somewhat twisted complemented with somewhat oval or rounded, dense crown;bark surface grayish black, pimpled with conspicuously minute, rounded, blacklenticels crowded over bole surface; middle bark green; inner bark yellow brown,streaked with brownish black, dot like longitudinal bands; buttresses high, plank orboars type, spreading to 6 m; leaves simple. alternate, entire, shiny above, dullgreen below, tri nerved.4. WOOD DESCRIPTIONWood is straw colored or pale white; grain crossed or wavy; texture is moderatelyfine to moderately coarse; moderately heavy and moderately hard. Pores are barelyto readily visible to the naked eye, solitary and in radial multiples of 2-5 of lessfrequent occurrence; with occasional whitish deposits in some pores. Parenchymais not visible to the naked eye, aliform and confluent. Rays are indistinct to thenaked eye.64