SYNONYMS: Gitahy. Jitahy. Oleo de Jatahy or Jatoba (q. v.) 
CLASSIFICATION: Hymenaea stignocarpa Mart. 
Order: Leguminosae. 
DESCRIPTION: Trunks from 8 to 10 metres in length with 60 
to 80 cms. diameter. 
Colour red with yellow patches. Grain fine and netted. 
Hard ‘to carve. 
SPECIFIC GRAVITY Jatahy: From 860 to 902 kgs. 
»  péba: From 837 to 900 kgs. 
»  vermelho: From 850 to 937 kgs. 
RESISTANCE: Jatahy: To crushing: 560 kgs.; to bending: 
1,815 kgs. 
Jatahy péba: To bending: 550 kgs. 
USES: Bridges and posts. Dry situations. Flooring and rafters 
Interior work. Has medicinal properties. 
HABITAT: North of the State. Valley of the Tieté. Is rarely 
met with in other parts of the State. 
Jatoba. 
VARIETIES: Jatoba. Jatoba réxo. 
SYNONYM: Oleo de Jatahy. 
CLASSIFICATION: Hymenaea stilbocarpa Hayne. 
Order: Leguminosae. 
DESCRIPTION: Trunks from 6 to 8 metres in length and 60 
to 80 cms. in diameter. 
Colour light-red or brown, very uniform. Grain coarse 
and in distinct layers, forming symmetrical markings on 
transverse section. 
Layer of alburnum. MHard to carve. 
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: Jatoba: From 944 to 1,027 kgs.. Jatoba 
r6xo: From 826 to 908 kgs. 
RESISTANCE: Jatoba: To crushing: 841 kgs.; to flexion: 1,325 
kilogs. 
Jatob4 réxo: To crushing: 841 kgs. 
USES: Cabinet-work. Carriages. Axle-trees and wheels. Exterior 
work. Damp situations. 
Both make sleepers of 11 years duration. Bark astringent. 
Yields a medicinal oil and the resin, which burns like 
kerosine, is used in making varnish. 
HABITAT: Throughout the State. 
OBSERVATIONS: A tree of normal growth with spreading top. 
The fruit is large, containing 5 seeds. 
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