The Faveiro amarello is superior to the Faveiro ver- 
melho, but both are put to the same uses. 
HABITAT: West of the State. 
OBSERVATIONS: Tall, coarse trees, erect, not branching much 
and with little foliage. Fine, smooth whitish or brown bark. 
Leaves regular, isolated, rough and of a dark green colour. 
Large flowers of a dark ashen gray and very pretty. The 
fruit is a kind of twisted acorn. Flowers in winter. 
Garapa Amarella. 
SYNONYMS: Garapriapunha. Grapeapunha. 
CLASSIFICATION: Apuleia praecox Mart. 
Order: Leguminosae. 
DESCRIPTION: Trunks from 8 to 10 metres in length and 60 
to 80 cms. in diameter. Colour light yellow, very uniform. 
Hard to cut. 
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: From 773 to 927 kgs. 
RESISTANCE: To crushing: 860 kgs.; to bending: 608 kgs. 
USES: Ship-building, cabinet-work, bridges, pontoons. Work ex- 
posed to weather. Is of first-rate quality. Sleepers of first 
quality, lasting 11 years. 
HABITAT: North of the State and Sierra del Mar. 
OBSERVATIONS: An erect tree, branching little and not much 
foliage. Isolated leaves, large coarse and soft. Flowers 
crimson and large. Fruit green, large and round. 
Genipapo. 
CLASSIFICATION: Genipa americana Lin. 
Family: Rubiaceae. Order: Rubinae. 
DESCRIPTION: Colour, very uniformly light yellow. Straight and 
very compact leaves. Small layer of alburnum. Easy to cut, 
smooth. 
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: From 670 to 850 kgs. 
RESISTANCE: To crushing: 860 kgs.; to flexion: 1,520 kgs. 
USES: Ship-building, carts, first-class carriages. Fencing sticks. 
Agricultural and industrial implements and tools. The wood 
is of great flexibility and elasticity. The fruit when green 
is medicinal against syphilis. The new leaves produce a 
black dye. 
HABITAT: North of the State. Valley of the Mogy-Guassti. 
OBSERVATIONS: Very tall tree, leafy and freely branching. 
Bark ashen grey or brown. Leaves large, glistening and 
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