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<big>''[[Palaquium bataanense]]'' Merr.</big>
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:Protologue: Bur. Govt. Lab. 17: 44 (1904).

== Synonyms ==

*''Palaquium whitfordii'' Merr. (1905).

== Vernacular names ==

*Philippines: tagatoi, Bataan tagatoi (Tagalog), gasatan (Iloko).

== Distribution ==

The Philippines.

== Uses ==

The timber is used as nyatoh for cigar boxes and furniture, light planking and temporary construction work.

== Observations ==

*A large tree up to 45 m tall.
*Leaves more or less clustered at tip of twigs, obovate to spatulate, with slender transverse tertiary veins fairly distinct beneath, initially hairy beneath but glabrescent.
*Flowers 1-3 together, borne on 10-25 mm long pedicels.
*Fruit obovoid, 1-1.7 cm long, glabrous.

''P. bataanense'' grows in primary forests at low altitudes, particularly in dry hill forests. The timber is grouped together with other ''Palaquium'' species under "red nato", which has a density of 450-600 kg/m<sup>3</sup> at 15% moisture content.

== Selected sources ==

480, 486, 743.

== Main genus page ==

*[[Palaquium (PROSEA Timbers)|''Palaquium'' (Timbers)]]

== Authors ==

*R.H.M.J. Lemmens (selection of species)

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