Capechenguy. 
CLASSIFICATION: Croton floribundus Spr. 
Family: Euphorbiaceae. Order: Tricoccae. 
DESCRIPTION: Trunks from 4 metres in length with 40 to 50 
centimetres diameter. Colour, white or yellow. Grain in- 
conspicuous irregular and with small resistance. 
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: 765 kgs. 
USES: Interior work. Skirting-boards,' etc. The central portion 
or heart’? wood may be employed in bridges and in dry 
situations. The leaves have medicinal properties, cathartic. 
The bark is used for tanning. The fruit is a tonic. 
HABITAT: Is common throughout the State. 
OBSERVATIONS: This is a small tree, twisting and gnarled in 
growth. Leaves large, broad and rough. Bast, red and 
fibrous. 
Carne de vacca. 
VARIETIES: Carne de vacca amarella. 
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SYNONYM: Carvalho nacional. Q. V. 
CLASSIFICATION: Rhopala sp. Family: Proteaceae. 
DESCRIPTION: Trunks from 4 to 6 metres in length and 50 to 
60 cms. in diameter. Colour white and yellowish becoming 
dark red toward the bark. 
Grain very irregular and coarse giving the wood’ a mosaic 
appearance. A layer of sap-wood. Easy to carve. 
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: From 838 to 1,124 kgs. 
USES: Furniture, cabinet-work, and turning. Interior work. 
HABITAT: Valleys of the Parahyba and Mogy-Guassti; rare in 
other regions. 
OBSERVATIONS: Tree of small growth, regular leaves, tough 
and notched. 
Bark reddish. 
Carvalho Nacional. 
Rhopala brasiliensis KI. Family: Proteaceae. 
Handsome wood, reddish, varying from yellow to almost 
black. The trunk not very compact. Is employed for cabinet- 
work and for turning, lending itself admirably to rebating. 
It has a sp. gr. from) 674 to 780 kgs. Is only met with 
in dry soils. There are three varieties found in the coast- 
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