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one of the favorite carving woods of the Philippines it is also used for musical instruments, wooden shoes, dishes, scabbards, and wood turning. Mancono is very rare and is found only on a few of the southern islands; it is most abundant in Surigao. The heartwood is yellowish brown, turning darker when seasoned grain, fine and twisted very hard, very heavy, and very durable. Mancono is the hardest and heaviest -wood in the Philippines and is a good substitute for lignum- vitae, a South American wood used for bowling balls. Uses.
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Piling, posts,
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and bearings. Molave is found throughout the Islands on the low coastal hills. It grows in the open, away from the shade of pther Its trunk trees, and sheds its leaves during the dry season. is irregular and short. The sapwood is creamy white; heartwood, pale yellow, turning slightly darker when exposed to the light. Molave has a fine grain, usually crossed short, brittle fibers, which make it easy to work; is hard, heavy, and very durable, resisting the attacks of the teredo and anay. Uses. It is a good substitute for teak in shipbuilding; it is also used for house construction, wagon making, bridge building, cabinetmaking, gear wheels, carabao yokes, docks, salt-water piling, paving blocks, turned work, and carving and practically everywhere that a hard, fine wood is required. Molave grows in almost every province in the Islands, though not in large quantities. Nana is found in nearly every province of the Philippines. It usually grows on the plains along the sea coast and on the banks of streams. Its trunk is irregular, reaching the maximum diameter of 200 centimeters and a maximum length of 15 meters. It has wide buttresses at its base. The 1-piece table tops are cut from these buttress roots. The tree sheds its leaves during the dry season. The sapwood is nearly white heartwood, red, yellow, brown, or pale straw color medium heavy and hard with coarse and sometimes twisted grain. The heartwood is very durable and is seldom attacked by insects.
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