Other trees and shrubs which are occasionally planted are:  Atis (Anona squamosa L., an American plant) prized both for its fruit and bark—­the latter being used in rope-making.

Atatawa (Jathropha multifida L.).  Also found in a wild state.  The fruit is used as a purgative.  The Jathropha curcas L. is also used.

Daligan (Averrhoa carambola L.) or Coromandel gooseberry.  The fruit is eaten without cooking.

Lanka (Artocarpus integrifola L.).  Jackfruit.

Maling-kapas or kapas to insit (Ceiba pantadra Gaertn.), also known by the Ilocano as kapas sanglay.  This so-called “Chinese cotton” is a small tree with few, but perfectly straight, branches, which radiate from the trunk in horizontal lines.  It produces elliptical pods which burst open when ripe, exposing a silky white cotton.  The fiber is too short for spinning, but is used as tinder and as stuffing for pillows.

Orange (lokban) and lime (lolokisen) trees are greatly prized, but appear only occasionally.  They receive no care, and consequently yield only inferior fruit.

The pias (Averrhoa bilimbi L.) is a garden tree which produces an acid fruit used in cooking.

Santol (Sandoricum indicum Cav.) trees are raised both for the fruit and for timber.  It is said that house posts of this wood are not attacked by white ants.

Wild Plants and Trees.—­Few of the wild growths have escaped the attention of this people, and many are used as food and medicine, as well as for fiber materials and bark cloth.  Among those used for food, the following are the most important:—­

Apang or sapang (Bixa orellana L.).

Alloseup (Antidesma ghesaembilla Gaertn.).

Bayabas, or lemon guava (Psidium guayava L.), an American shrub which now grows wild, and in great abundance, in the mountains.

Balatong (Phaseolus mungo L.).  Only the seeds are used.

Damokes (Pithecolobium dulce Benth.), an American tree which now grows spontaneously in northern Luzon.  The fruit is eaten, while the bark is sometimes used for tanning.

Ipako (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus D.C.), a herbaceous vine infrequently seen in the gardens.  The young pods are used as a condiment.

Kochai (Alliuni tricoccum) or wild leek.

Katodai (Sesbania grandiflora P.).  Only the flowers are eaten.

Kama-al (Allaeanthus luzonicus Blanco.  Vill.).

Kalot (Dioscorea daemona Roxb.), a tuber, poisonous if eaten without special preparation.  It is cut into small pieces, and is placed in running water for several days, after which it is cooked.

Kamatis (Lycopersicum esculentum Mill.), tiny tomatoes which are eaten raw or cooked.