136 TIMBER 



Icaranda is of more uniform quality than ipe, of a tawny 

 colour with black specks and dashes, an excellent wood 

 where strong wearing surface is required, one of the best 

 in the country for the teeth of mortise wheels. 



Weight 62 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Angico (Acacia colubrind) is a fine, dense, smooth wood, 

 found in parts of Brazil, and used for turnery, cabinet- 

 making and ornamental work, also for sleepers. The logs 

 are roughly squared up to 10 inches a side. It is often 

 confused with sabicu. and various kinds of rosewood. The 

 colour is a reddish or dark brown streaked with black, and 

 the timber contains medical properties. The bark is good for 

 tanning. 



Jacaranda is the Brazilian name for various species of 

 Dalberyia and allied trees. It is the continental name for 

 rosewood, and from these jacaranda trees and similar 

 species comes the Brazilian rosewood of English commerce. 

 Amongst them are Jacaranda Cabiuna (Dalbergia nif/ra), 

 used for furniture and turned articles as well as for 

 timbering in Brazilian mines and sleepers. It is hard 

 and durable, stands wet as well as any wood, of a colour 

 reddish brown and black in streaks and patches. 



Weight about 63 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Jacaranda Preto (Machari'um incorriiptibili) of Bahia is a 

 first-class black furniture wood, and is also used for general 

 construction and sleepers. 



Jacaranda Rozo (M. legale), a brown wood which makes 

 excellent sleepers. 



In the Argentine the jacaranda is a small tree which 

 produces logs 15 ft. long by 9 inches square. " Palisander 

 wood," used chiefly for pianos, is probably the produce of 

 these trees. 



