The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

*bakan a tree: Litsea spp.

PWMP bakan a tree: Litsea spp.

WMP
Bontok bákan a tall tree, felled especially for use as a (‘moonlight’) log to provide fuel for the men’s ward house; the wood is also used for making vessels, and its sap is said to cause irritation of the skin: Litsea perrottetii (Blm.) F.-Vill. (Lauraceae)
Hanunóo bákan a tree, family Lauraceae: Litsea sp.
Aklanon bakán kind of tree
Cebuano bákan kind of tree important for driving away the (person who is possessed of a supernatural force which attacks from time to time causing him to change his form and go out, often to harm others, preying on their blood, livers, etc.): Litsea sp.
Mansaka bakan kind of tree
Mongondow bakan kind of tree, family Lauraceae
Bare'e waka tree in the family Lauraceae: Litsea sp.; there are two types, one with small, the other with large leaves
Tae' bakan a timber tree, one variety with white wood and another with yellow: Litsea sp.