Bark rough and thin. 
Leaves small, hoary or whitish and very similar to the 
garden Alecrim. 
Flowers small, white and in clusters. 
Fruit large, copious and fine. 
Almesca. 
Styrax glabratum Spr. Family: Styracaceae. Order: Dios- 
pyrinae. 
Tree of ordinary growth. Wood of inferior quality used 
for interior wood-work, frame-work and boxes. It has a sp. 
gr. of 950 to 1,000 kilogs. per cubic metre. 
Is met with in the North of the State and in the valley 
of the Parahyba. 
Amendoeira. 
Amendoeira brava (Hardy Amendoeira). Wood of inferior 
quality used for interior wood-work, frame-work and boxes. 
Sp. gr. 700 to 800 kilogs. 
Is. found in all parts of the State. 
Amendoim. 
SYNONYM: Oleo branco. 
CLASSIFICATION: Pterogyne nitens Tul. 
Order: Leguminosae. 
DESCRIPTION: Trunks from 6 to 8 metres long and 60 centi- 
metres diameter. 
Colour uniform whitish or hoary. 
Fibres or grain, fine golden yellow. Leaves lengthwise 
with the stem. 
No alburnum or sap-wood. 
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: 
USES: Flooring. Carts and carriages. Dry situations, first-rate 
quality. Ped fit 
HABITAT: A plant of small growth, very branching and little 
foliage. Branches erect and much subdivided towards base. 
Leaves small, smooth and opposite. Flowers white, small 
and perpendicular, in groups. Fruit small and abundant 
similar to amendoim. 
