Ipé una: Tecoma sp. F. All. 
» '6xo: Tecoma impetiginosa Mart. 
All of the Family: Bignoniaceae. Order: Personatae. 
DESCRIPTION: The Ipé amarello, Ipé réxo and Ipé tabaco 
have trunks from 6 to 8 metres in length and 60 to 80 
cms. in diameter. The others are smaller. The Ipé amarello, 
Ipé cascudo, and the Ipé do campo are of a lightyellow 
or whitish colour, with very small and regular grain. 
The other varieties have a dark colour, patchy and with 
coarse and netted grain with cracks in the trunk. 
All hard to carve. 
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: Ipé amarello: From 816 to 880 kgs. 
,» cascudo: From 803 to 870 kgs. 
» do campo: From 819 to 997 kgs. 
,» tabaco: From 992 to 1,099 kgs. 
» una: From 785 to 1,046 kgs. 
RESISTANCE: Ipé ararello: To crushing: 802 kgs. 
» do campo: To bending: 1,063 kgs. 
» 6xo: To crushing: 728 kgs. 
» tabaco: To crushing: 885 kgs. 
To flexion: 1,834 kgs. 
» una: To crushing: 728 kgs. 
USES: All the varieties of Ipé are used for carts, barrels, casks, 
bridges and posts. Damp situations. Exterior work. 
The Ipé tabaco makes a sleeper of first-class quality 
and duration of 11 years. 
The Ipé una, sleepers of second quality, lasting 9 years. 
The Ipé tabaco has bast which is used to make cig- 
arette-papers and is of medicinal value against angina. 
All the Ipés have astringent bark and are medicinal 
against syphilis and syphilitic ulcers. 
HABITAT: Throughout the State. 
OBSERVATIONS: In the North of the State this tree predom- 
inates with all its varieties together with the Piuva. 
They .are trees of small growth, with few branches 
but long, leaves large, and flowers very abundant, totally 
covering the trees. 
Jacaranda. 
VARIETIES: Jacaranda branco. 
rf cabitina. 
preto. 
rosa. 
sae HP aa 
