SPECIFIC GRAVITY: Guanandi ferro: From 720 to 810 kgs.; 
Guanandi vermelho: From 635 to 802 kgs. 
RESISTANCE: Guanandi vermelho: To crushing: 441 kgs. 
USES: Ship-building, masts. Exterior work. Second quality. The 
Guanandi amarello is the best of all the varieties; the 
Guanandi cedro is used for the same purposes as the 
Cedro vermelho but is a little the inferior. The Guanandi 
piolho is of inferior quality and is suitable only for in- 
terior work. 
These trees yield a resin useful to the veterinary, surgeon. 
A layer of alburnum. 
HABITAT: Valley of the Parahyba and the Marinhas.. 
OBSERVATIONS: Trees with large tops, branching freely and with 
good foliage. Bark brown, coarse and rugged. Flowers 
white and small. Fruit an oily capsule. The young trees 
yield the Landim balsam, used in cases of ulceration and 
for, wounds of long standing. 
Guapéva. 
Lucuma laurifolia A. D C. Family: Sapotaceae. Order: 
Diospyrinae. 
Wood of reddish colour, dark grain netted and rough. 
Hard to carve. Sp. jgr. a mean of 758 kgs. and the resis- 
tance to crushing is 468 kgs. It is used for interior work 
in dry situations and cannot be used to advantage for work 
which suffers by shrinkage of its parts. Grows in the 
valley of the Mogy-Guasst. 
Guapertva. 
A tree of large growth, very erect, branches straight 
and long, leaflets very small and its leaves large. Bark 
light-brown and very smooth. It is the Schizolobium ex- 
celsum Vog. Order: Leguminosae. Has a specific gravity 
of 330 to 380 kgs. Its trunk is from 10 to 12 metres in 
length with a diameter of 0.60 to 1 metre. Is used for 
marine canoes. Interior work. Framework. Boxes. The bark 
is used for tanning. 
The Guaperivd in the Marinhas is much superior in 
quality to those of the rest of the State. 
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