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FUSTETE —Chlorophora tinctoria (L) Gaud. 



Ubiquitous, frequent. Diameters up to 4 and 5 feet. Wood 

 yellow, turning red. Use, dyewood. By the ton. 



GRANADILLO— -Br^a ebenus D. C. 



Dry woods, rare. Diameters 2 to 3 feet. Wood dark brown, 

 mottled. Used for canes and carvings. 



GUABANO — Cupania macrophylla A. Rich. ? 



Ubiquitous, rare. Diarneters 2 to 3 feet. Wood white, hard. 

 Spokes, billets at 25 to 30 cents. 



GUABIGA — Xylopia obtusifolia A. Rich.? 

 Diameters 1 to 2 feet. No use. 



GUACACOA — Daphnopsis Guacacoa, Wr. ? 



On the top of the Maestra. Trees 20-inch and 100 feet seen, 



GUADIO— 



Ubiquitous up to the crest, rare. Diameters up to 5 feet; 

 26-inch tree seen. Heartwood blackish, very hard. 



GUAGUACI — Guarea trichilioides L. 



Ubiquitous, rare. Diameters 4 to 5 feet. Wood white, medium 

 hard. Used for boards and furniture; cathartic bark. 



GUAMA — Lonchorcarpus sericeiis H. B. K. (Not the Guama of 

 Porto Rico, Inga laurina.) 

 Ubiquitous, frequent. Diameters up to 5 feet. Wood black- 

 ish, hard as iron. Used for beams, bark for tannin. 



GUAMA BOBO— 



Probably a form of the foregoing. 



GUAM AC A (Very large leaflets, four.) 



General, but mostly dry woods, frequent. Wood yellow, hard. 

 Used for railroad ties, general construction; tanbark. 



GUARIGA— 



Dry woods, rare. Diameters 2 to 3 feet. Wood very hard. 

 Used for mallets. 



GUASIMA — Guazuma ulmifolia MacF. 



Bottom lands, frequent. Diameters up to 4 feet, but short (50 

 feet). Wood white, light. Leaves medicinal. 



