Colour light-yellow or reddish with white patches. Grain 
coarse and tangled. A layer of sap-wood. Easily carved. 
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: From 964 to 1,124 kgs. 
RESISTANCE: To crushing: 472 kgs.; to bending: 1,382 kgs. 
USES: Furniture, cabinet-work, turning, etc. Handsome surface 
for polishing. Sleepers of second-rate quality. 
Bark astringent. , 
HABITAT: North of the State. Marinhas. 
OBSERVATIONS: A tree of normal growth with cylindrical 
branches. Leaves regular, tough and denticulated or toothed. 
Bark rough and yellow. Flowers white and small. 
Caviuna. 
VARIETIES: Cavitina amarella. 
preta. 
35 roxa. 
SYNONYMS: Cabitina. Cabetna. 
CLASSIFICATION: Machaerium sp. 
Order: Leguminosae. 
DESCRIPTION: Trunks from 10 to 12 metres in length and 0.60 
to 1 metre in diameter. 
Colour light-brown with yellow or black veins, or black 
with glossy black veins. Grain very regular and fine, and 
symmetrically arranged. 
Large layer of alburnum. 
Hard to cut. 
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: Cavitina preta: From 835 to 880 kgs. 
Cavitina roxa: From 850 to 960 kgs. 
USES: Bridges, coarse flooring. Posts, damp situations. Carpen- 
ters’ tools. It is of first-class quality. Cabinet-work. A noted 
wood for furniture. 
Very hard to cut. 
HABITAT: Is met with in all parts of the State, being most 
common in the West. 
OBSERVATIONS: Tree of large growth, branching freely, but 
with little foliage. 
Form usually twisted. Leaves small and broad. 
The wood of the cavitina on exposure to the atmos- 
phere becomes darker and darker in colour until it is 
dense black. 
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