HABITAT: Franca, Batataes, etc. 
OBSERVATIONS: Tree of ordinary growth. Leathery leaves of 
various forms. The fruit is a tough capsule of five chambers 
or vessels with five depressions. 
Arariba. 
VARIETIES: Araribd amarello. 
a branco. 
= rosa. 
4 vermelho. 
SYNONYMS: Araribé amarello or Grande. 
3 vermelho or Carijé. 
CLASSIFICATION: Araribé amarello: Centrolobium. 
ss branco: Centrolobium. 
5 rosa: Centrolobium robustum Benth. 
Araribaé vermelho: Centrolobium tomentosum 
Benth. 
Order: Leguminosae. 7 
DESCRIPTION: Trunks from 8 to 10 metres long, with 0.80 
to 1 metre diameter. 
Colour, yellow, with reddish veins and surface varied 
by bright tones. Grain fine and netted. 
Small layer of sap-wood. Easy working with the knife. - 
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: Araribé amarello: From 700 to 872 kgs. 
3 branco: 650 to 780 kilogs. 
53 fosa: 705 to 920 kilogs. 
bs vermelho: 700 to 1,000 kilogs. 
RESISTANCE: Araribaé amarello: To crushing 307 kilogs.; to 
bending: 1,322 kilogs. 
Arariba rosa: To crushing: 718 kilogs.; to bending: 
972 kilogs. 
Arariba vermelho: To crushing: 538 kilogs. 
USES: Beams, posts. Exterior work. 
Naval construction. Barrels. The Araribaé amarello is 
superior to the Araribé vermelho. The Arariba branco is 
of inferior quality to the others. The Araribé amarello 
supplies flooring boards of remarkable flexibility. The root 
of the Arariba yields a red dye. The Araribé rosa may 
be put to the same uses as the Araribd amarello and makes 
a sleeper of first-rate quality, lasting 11 years. 
HABITAT: Is common throughout the State. 
OBSERVATIONS: Trees of large growth, very branching and 
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