SPECIFIC GRAVITY: Gradna parda: From 843 to 1,060 kgs. 
Gratina preta: From 943 to 1,124 kgs. 
USES: Bridges, posts and damp situations, Coarse flooring, cab- 
inet-work, carts. Both varieties give sleepers of first-class 
quality, lasting 11 years. A dye is obtained from this 
plant which is good for dying textile fabrics. Bark astringent. 
HABITAT: North of the State, Sierra del Mar. 
OBSERVATIONS: A tree of large growth with spreading top. 
Leaves compound, leaflets small and very glossy, distributed 
in palm-like fashion. Flowers yellow and in boxlike covers. 
Fruit large with cavities containing the seeds, and de- 
pressions between the cavities. 
Grossahy. 
VARIETIES: Grossahy. Grossahy azeite. 
SYNONYMS: Grocahy. Gorogahy. Guaracahy. 
CLASSIFICATION: Moldenhauera floribunda Schrad. 
Order: Leguminosae. 
DESCRIPTION: Trunks from 8 to 10 metres in length and 50 
to 60 cms. in diameter. 
Colour light-reddish, with indistinct patches. Grain coarse 
and straight. Hard to cut. 
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: Grossahy: From 712 to 865 kgs.; Gros- 
sahy azeite: From 723 to 1,099 kgs. 
RESISTANCE: Grossahy: To crushing: 516 kgs.; Grossahy azeite: 
To crushing: 582 kgs. 
USES: Ship-building, exterior work, beams, bridges, posts. Damp 
situations. 
The Grossahy azeite is superior to the other variety, 
making sleepers of first-rate quality, lasting 12 years. 
HABITAT: Sierra del Mar. 
OBSERVATIONS: Both varieties have medicinal properties. 
Grumichaba. » 
VARIETIES: Grumichaba branca. Grumichaba_ vermelha. 
SYNONYMS: Grumichaba. Grumixdva. 
CLASSIFICATION: Eugenia brasiliensis Lin. 
Family: Myrtaceae. Order: Myrtiflorae. 
DESCRIPTION: White or yellowish, with reddish patches. Grain 
fine and contorted. 
Hard to carve. 
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