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

LNAMES AND FAMILYOfficial Common NameScientific NameLocal NameFamily NameMalugaiPometia pinnata Forst.Chai (Batanes); laui, madalo, madlau(Cagayan); malakobe (lsabela); suket (Docos);doko (La Union); kirone, malatagum(Bulacan); aklan (Tagalog); bangked (Bataan,Batangas); kayani (Queron, Laguna); malugai(Laguna, Quezon, Albay, Mindoro, Cebu);bontog, malaguas, kuglik, tugaui, tigaui,bayod, kayaua (Bicol); balolanga, kia-kia'(Leyte, Masbate, Samar, Cebu, Bohol);tipanga agupanga (noilo); bankalan (Surigao);alipanga, tipanga (palawan, Zamboanga);bantagali (Agusan); gasuli (Lanao).Sapindaceae2. DISTRIBUTIONMalugai is obtainable in fair quantities and has been reported to abound inCagayan, Isabela, Quirino, Aurora, Palawan, Zamboanga del Sur, Agusan del Norte,Agusan del Sur, Cotabato, Davao del Norte, Laguna and Zamboanga del Norte.Can be found in old growth and secondary forests at low and medium altitudes oftennear creeks and waterways.3. TREE CHARACTERISTICSA tree attaining a diameter up to 60 to 100 cm. Trunk is 18 to 25 meters inlength, cylindrical and straight. Buttress conspicuous; bole long, somewhat fluted,tapering, erect, at times crooked or bent; branches stout, rounded, the branchletquite slender, somewhat twisted and rounded; crown wide spreading, irregular inshape; dense; bark surface yellow-brown or "khaki" brown, flaking and sloughinginto more or less circular sheets, leaving deep, crowded, scary marks on the bole;buttresses high, symmetrical, plank type spreading to 6 m; middle' bark tinged withgreen, thin, inner reddish-brown with narrow, fine, concentric bands or streaks oflight and dark colors.4. WOOD DESCRIPTIONSapwood is lighter in color but not sharply defined from the heartwood whichis light red to dark red brown; grain straight or sometimes interlocked; texturemoderately fine to moderately coarse; hard and heavy. Growth rings marked by fineterminal parenchyma; pores barely or readily visible to the naked eye, solitary andin radial multiples up to 4 or more; solitary pores round to oval in shape; whiteyellow brown deposits present. Parenchyma of indistinct sheath to the pores, visibleto the naked eye or cross-section, with dots or streaks of white deposits; ratherconspicuous on radial surface due to col or.72