calanta

Updated: May 11, 2025

There is abundance of cedar which is called calanta, a beautiful red wood called asana, ebony of various qualities, and many other precious woods for all uses. The meat generally eaten is that of swine, of which there is a great abundance, and it is very palatable and wholesome. Beef is eaten, cattle being raised abundantly in stock-farms in many different parts of the islands.

Antonio de Morga - History of the Philippine Islands