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

LNAMES AND FAMILYOfficial Common NameScientific NameLocal NamesFamily NameRarangErythrina subumbrans (Hassk.) Merr.RarangLeguminosae2. DISTRIBUTION AND SUPPLYA tree of primary and second growth forests occurring usually on level land atlow and medium altitudes. In Mt: Banahaw, Quezon, Cagayan, Aurora, Palawan,Agusan del Sur, Davao del Norte, Davao Oriental, and Lanao del Sur, growingabundantly in old coconut plantation regenerating into forest.3. TREE CHARACTERISTICSLarge tree; height to 30 m. or more, DBH to 80 cm; bole cylindrical, erect,tapering, very long; branches slender, complemented with small, compact more orless rounded crown; bark surface yellowish to blackish spines, distinctly protrudingfrom rounded and swollen base, arranged in almost longitudinal rows; lenticellate;wide, boat-shaped fissures at times developing from rows or columns of abscisedspines; buttresses low, symmetrical, rounded, branched and spreading to 3 m.4.WOOD DESCRIPTIONSapwood is buff, not clearly defined from the col or of the heartwood; grain iswavy or slightly crossed; texture is coarse; soft and very light. Pores are distinct tothe naked eye, solitary and in radial multiples of 2. Parenchyma is distinct to thenaked eye, in broad and slightly wavy bands; ripple marks are observed inlongitudinal surfaces. Rays are broad distinct to the naked eye. Fibers are loose,visible with a hand lens.78