Angelim rosa: Tree of ordinary growth. Flowers reddish, 
rather irregular. Fruits very broad with three edible seeds. 
Angico. 
VARIETIES: Angico. 
#3 céco. 
» escuro. 
SYNONYMS: Angico or Curupay. 
CLASSIFICATION: Angico: Piptademia rigida Benth. 
Order: ‘Leguminosae. 
DESCRIPTION: Trunks from 6 to 7 metres in height, and from 
60 to 80 cms. diameter. 
Colour from yellow to dark-brown with bright patches. 
Coarse and crossed or netted grain. 
Hard to cut. 
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: Angico: From 907 to 1,070 kilogs. 
Angico céco: From 770 to 890 kilogs. 
RESISTANCE: Angico: To crushing 753 kilogs. 
USES: Bridges, posts, work exposed to changing and extreme 
temperatures, dry situations, first-rate quality. 
Flooring, panelling, interior wood-work. Sleepers of 
second-rate quality. The bark is used for tanning. Produces a 
gum of medicinal value. 
In the North of the State, in the valley of the Para- 
hyba, there is much Angico but of inferior quality, appli- 
cable only for interior work and boxes or cases. 
OBSERVATIONS: Tree of large growth, branching with little 
foliage, branches thin and subdivided. Leaflets small and 
compound leaves, palm-like. 
Flowers white, small, very numerous and odorless. Fruit 
small and flat with small seeds. 
Araca. 
VARIETIES: Araga. 
Aracagy. 
Aracapyranga. 
Aragarana de concha. 
Aracarana_ branca. 
Aragatuba. 
CLASSIFICATION: The Aracd and its varieties are all of the 
genus Psidium. Family: Myrtaceae. Order: Myrtiflorae. 
DESCRIPTION: Trunks from 4 to 6 meters long, with 30 to 
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