region, (las Marinhas) the amarillo, the escuro, and the 
encarnado. The co-efficient of resistance to crushing of the 
Carvalho nacional is 332 kgs., and to bending 695 kgs. 
Catagua. 
VARIETIES: Catagua branco. Catagué rajado. 
CLASSIFICATION: Metrodorea pubescens St. Hil. 
Family: Rutaceae. Order: Gruinales. 
DESCRIPTION: Colour, uniformly white, with reddish veins. 
Trunks from 6 to 8 metres in length and 40 to 60 cms. in 
diameter. 
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: From 1,050 to 1,120 kgs. 
USES: Interior work. Wood used exclusively for dwelling-houses. 
Is not suitable for flooring on account of shrinkage. No sap- 
wood. The varieties are equal in quality. 
HABITAT: Mogy-mirim and its neighbourhood. 
Grows upon the plain. 
Catigua. 
VARIETIES: Catiguad gratido. Catiguad miudo. 
CLASSIFICATION: Trichilia Catigua4 A. Juss. 
Family: Meliaceae. 
DESCRIPTION: Trunks from 4 to 5 metres in length and 50 to 
60 cms. in diameter. 
Colour light yellow or reddish with white patches. 
Grain very coarse and netted. A large layer of alburnum 
or sap-wood. Easily carved. 
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: From 612 to 720 kgs. 
USES: General exterior work, carpentering or timbering, posts. 
Dry situations. Makes sleepers of second-class quality. 
HABITAT: North of the State; rare in other regions. 
OBSERVATIONS: Tree of large growth. The catigud miudo 
is much superior in quality to the gravido. 
Catucahem. 
VARIETIES: Catucahem gratido. Catucahem miudo. 
SYNONYMS: Catucanhem. Caxicahem. Sobro. 
CLASSIFICATION: Rhopala glabrata Kl. Family: Protaceae. 
DESCRIPTION: Trunks from 6 to 8 metres in length and 40 to 
60 cms. in diameter. 
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