Palomaria or Bitaog PRODUCT NAME
Calophyllum inophyllum L. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Palomaria or Bitaog |
| Local Name: | Batarau (Cagayan, Batanes); Bitaog (Babuyanes, Abra, Union, Zambales, Ilocos Norte and Sur Bataan, Leyte, Agusan); Bitaoi (Pangasinan); Bitong, Bittog (Bataan); Bit-taong (Cagayan, Camiguin, Isabela); Butalau (Batangas); Dagkalan (Isabela); Dangkalan (Bataan, Tayabas, Camarines, Albay, Mindoro, Masbate, Negros, Capiz, Lanao, Zamboanga, Burias Is., Butuan, Cotabato, Palawan); Dangkaan (Davao); Palomaria (Mindoro, Tayabas, Bataan, Zambales, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, Cagayan, Manila, Cebu, Zamboanga); Palomaria de la playa (Bataan, Laguna, Camarines, Mindoro, Misamis, Zamboanga, Basilan); Pamttaogen (Palaui Is.); Tambo-tambo (Jolo); Vutalau (Batanes). |
| Family: | Guttiferae |
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| Product Description: | Each tree yields several bushels of nuts per year. A greenish-yellow in color, has a bitter, pungent taste, and is soluble in all proportions in the usual solvents, but is insoluble in absolute alcohol. |
| NTFP Classification: | Exudates and extracts, Food and food ingredients (plant-derived) |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | Philippines |
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USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | seeds |
| Uses: | The seeds oil, which is greenish-yellow in color and which some districts is used as an illuminant. The oil is said to be excellent for making soap. |
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| Partners: | Bureau of Forestry, Philippines |
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