of inferior quality, and a resin which is used as glue for 
wood-work. It makes a sleeper of first-rate quality, lasting 
11 years. 
Mass. vermelha: Has the same uses as the Mass. 
amarella. 
HABITAT: Is common throughout the State. 
OBSERVATIONS: A tree of free growth and with a large top. 
Secretes a milky juice in every part of the bark. 
Leaves at the ends of the branches, in clusters. Flowers 
white, greenish. The fruit is of three colours: white, greenish 
and yellow. On the southern part of the coast these are 
the only trees upon the swamps... : 
Milho Cosido. 
CLASSIFICATION: Licania incana Aubl. Family: Rosaceae. Ord.: 
Rosiflorae, 
DESCRIPTION: Trunks from 6 to 8 metres in length and 50 
to 60 cms. in diameter. Colour yellow. The trunk has small 
cracks running in a longitudinal direction. Grain straight, fine 
and compact. Hard to carve. 
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: From 823 to 971 kgs. 
RESISTANCE: To crushing: 714 kgs. 
USES: Cabinet-work. Interior work. Flooring, scaffolding. 
HABITAT: Sierra del Mar. z 
OBSERVATION: A rare timber. 
Monjoleiro Preto. 
Pithecolobium sp. Order: Leguminosae. 
Guarucaia. A tree of small growth, trunk twisted. Bark 
dark-coloured and thin. Leaflets small, with inconspicuous 
veins. The fruit is a broad pod, with six seeds. Is employed 
in scaffoldings, fencing, posts, in damp situations, of first- 
rate quality. 
Is met with in the valley of the Mogy-Guassi and of 
the Parahyba. 
Mossotahyba. 
VARIETIES: Mossotahyba parda. 
55 preta. 
55 vermelha. 
SYNONYMS: Mocitahyba. Mussutahyba. Macutahyba. 
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