and netted, presenting beautiful markings on the worked 
surface. Pay i 
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: From 980 to 1,057 kgs. 
USES: High-class cabinet-work. Exterior work and supporting- 
structures, first quality. 
HABITAT: Valley of the Mogy-Guasst, and is rare in the Sierra 
de la Mantiqueira. 
Mamica de Porca. 
Zanthoxylum rhoifolium Lam. Family: Rutaceae. Ord.: 
Gruinales. 
Wood of inferior quality, used for interior work and 
flooring. Sp. gr.: 705 kgs. Is found in the North of the 
State and in the Marinhas. 
Mandioqueira. 
Didymopanax sp. Family: Araliaceae. Order: Umbelli- 
florae. Peed 
This is a tree of large growth with trunks of 6 to 8 
metres long, and 60 to 80 cms. in diameter with varying 
colours in the longitudinal and transverse fibres. Grain 
coarse and straight. Sp. gr. from 710 to 780 kgs. 
Is very suitable for making match-boxes. 
Is also employed for flooring. 
Massaranduba. 
VARIETIES: Massaranduba amarella. 
de leite. 
Bs vermelha. 
SYNONYMS: Macaranduba. Apraud. Chaua.: 
CLASSIFICATION: Mimosopus clata Allem. Family: Sapotaceae. 
Order: Diospyrinae. 
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: Massaranduba amarella: From 700 to 789 
kgs. Massaranduba de leite: From 902 to 971 kgs. Massa- 
randuba vermelha: From 1,002 to 1,079 kgs. 
RESISTANCE: Mass. de leite: To crushing: 506 kgs.; to flex- 
ion: 865 kgs. 
USES: Mass. amarella: Supporting-structures, beams and work 
exposed to the weather. Dry situations. 
Mass. de leite: Supporting-structures, beams and work 
exposed to the weather. Damp situations. Ship-building. Is 
the best timber in the State for use in positions exposed to 
the action of salt water. Bark rich in tanning. Yields a gum 
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