Canella batalha: Interior work. Cabinet-making. Fine 
surface for polishing. Very suitable for making vessels which 
do not impart odour nor colour ‘to their contents. 
Canella branca: Boxes, etc. Interior work. Is of inferior 
quality. 
Canella capitao-mér: Exterior work. Damp _ situations. 
Bridges, posts. Flooring. Makes sleepers of first-rate quality, 
lasting 11 years. 
Canellinha: Bridges, posts, damp situations. Not much 
used because of shrinkage. Sleepers of first-rate quality, 
lasting 10 years. 
Canella cedro: Interior work. Flooring. First-rate quality. 
Canella imbuia: Ship-building. First-class furniture. 
Mouldings. Scantlings. Bridges, posts. Is of first-rate quality. 
All the varieties are used for the same purposes. 
Canella limado: The same uses as the Canella capitao- 
mor, but inferior to this. It has medicinal value for lung 
complaints. 
Canella marcanahyba: Furniture. Flooring. Interior work. 
First-rate quality. 
Canella parda: Interior work. Pavement-wood. Flooring. 
Ship-building. Exterior work, dry situations. Sleepers of 
first-rate quality, lasting 11 years. 
Canella pimenta: The same uses as Canella limao. 
Canella prego: Exterior work. Damp situations. Sleepers 
of first-rate quality, with duration of 9 years. 
Canella preta: Is used in all kinds of building construc- 
tion. For work in damp situations it is of first-rate quality. 
Sleepers last for 12 years. The leaf yields an aromatic 
oil which acts as a diuretic upon the body. 
Canella puante: Is put to the same uses as the Canella 
pimenta. 
Canella santa: Inferior wood-work. 
Canella sassafraz: The same uses as the Canella parda, 
but rather more suitable for mouldings, furniture, etc. 
The root and bark are used medicinally for rheumatism 
and stomach troubles. 
Canella sebo: Is of inferior quality. 
Canella veado: Similar to the Canella santa, handsome 
surface for polishing. 
HABITAT: The Canellas are found in every part of the State, 
abounding in the cooler regions. 
The Canella imbuia is found only in the valley of the 
Ribeira up to the boundaries of the *State of Parana. 
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