OBSERVATIONS: Tree of large development, very branching and 
good foliage. Erect. Bark fine and rough. Leaves large 
and very uniform in size. Flat spines, large. in newer branches. 
Fruit small, hooked like the bill of a bird. 
In the valley of the Mogy-Guassi the timber grown 
is of inferior quality. 
Bicuiba. 
VARIETIES: Bicuiba asst. 
ig mirim. 
CLASSIFICATION: Myristica Bicuhyba Schott. 
Family: Myristiceae. Order: Polycarpicae. 
DESCRIPTION: Trunks from 8 to 10 metres long and 60 to 
80 centimetres diameter. Colour white, which rapidly becomes 
red on exposure to the air. 
Easy to cut. 
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: From 680 to 800 kilogs. 
USES: Beams, joists, rafters, flooring. In‘erior work, first-rate 
quality. Yields medicinal oil used for rheumatism and 
dyspepsia. 
HABITAT: North of the State and the valley of the Tieté. 
On the Southern shores it is of inferior quality. 
OBSERVATIONS: A lofty tree, large head, rounded like the pine, 
very branching and leafy. Broad leaves. Flowers unisexual. 
The fruit contains a single seed yielding the medicinal oil. 
The Bicuiba mirim is inferior to the Bicuiba asst. 
Biry. 
Wood of inferior quality, used for interior work and for 
boxes. Grows very rapidly and can be felled in 6 years. 
Makes very good fire-wood. 
Is found in Campinas and neighbouring country. 
Bocuva. 
DESCRIPTION: Trunks from 8 to 10 metres long with 0.60 to 
1 metre diameter. Colour dark-yellow with reddish patches. 
Coarse grain, straight, in layers; presenting divers colours 
in regular transverse bands. 
Layer of sap-wood. Soft under the knife. 
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: From 820 to 910 kilogs. 
USES: Panelling. Scantlings. Interior work. Warps very much. 
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