Note 13 — Philippine Ships and Shipbuilding

Apparently another name for the palm-tree called by the Tagáls cauong (Arenga saccharifera—Labill.; Caryota onusta—Bl.), also known as negro cabo (“black head”). The leaf yields fibers that are long, black, and very strong; the cordage made from them is very durable, resisting even salt water. This is evidently the product elsewhere mentioned as “black cordage.” See U.S. Gazetteer, p. 72; Blanco’s Flora, p. 511. Concerning the abacá, see Vol. III, p. 263.