DESCRIPTION: Trunks from 10 to 12. metres long with diameter 
from 0.80 to 1 metre. Colour yellow and dark-brown or 
red with bright patches in the direction of the. grain. The 
timber is straight, but there is a tendency to show unequally 
distributed faults or cracks longitudinally with the trunk. 
Small layer of sap-wood or alburnum. 
Hard to cut. 
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: Cabretiva amarella: From 960 to 1,020 kgs. 
3 vermelha: From 980 to 1,050 kgs. 
RESISTANCE: To crushing: 759 kilogs.; to flexion: 1,356 kgs. 
USES: Naval constructions. Cabinet-work. Carriages de luxe and 
carts. Beams, bridges, strong, thick flooring. Parts exposed 
to the weather. Carpenters’ tools. 
The Cabretiva vermelha is superior to the Cabretiva 
amarella or parda. Both yield an oil medicinally valuable in 
rheumatism, and the bark yields medicaments used for 
certain lung complaints. 
HABITAT: West of the State; it is, however, found in other 
localities. 
OBSERVATIONS: This tree is remarkable as overtopping all 
the other trees of the forest. A high tree, few branches, 
thick and strong at the base springing often from the 
lower part of the bole. Bark coarse and rough. Few 
faults, or cracks. Flowers small and white at the ends of 
the branches. Fruit broad, small and with a single seed 
in the centre. 
Cacunda. 
VARIETIES: Cacunda. 
43 de espinho. 
DESCRIPTION: Colour bright yellow with darker patches. Grain 
fine and regular. Easly carved. 
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: From 612 to 807 kilogs. 
USES: Furniture, turning. Scantlings. The Cacunda de espinho 
is used for exterior work. 
The root-wood of the Cacunda offers a beautiful surface 
for polishing, with handsome wave-marks and patches. 
HABITAT: Sierra del Mar and the valley of the Ribeira. 
OBSERVATIONS: A rare timber. 
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