OBSERVATIONS: A high tree, of pyramidal shape. Very branch- 
ing and leafy. Leaves green, oval and acutely dentated. 
Flowers pink, very small and clustered. The fruit is a brown 
pod, rounded and edible. 
Pao Rosa. 
SYNONYMS: Pdo cravo. Sebastifio de Arruda. 
CLASSIFICATION: Physocalymma floridum Pohl. Family: Lythra- 
ceae. Order: Myrtiflorae. 
DESCRIPTION: Trunks from 5 to 6 metres in length and 40 
to 50 cms. in diameter. 
Colour yellow with longitudinal red veins. 
Grain very regular. Hard to cut. 
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: From 736 to 1,031 kgs. 
USES: Cabinet-work de luxe. Turning. Scaffolding, beams, exte- 
rior work, damp situations, first quality. Yields a red dye. 
HABITAT: North of the State. Sierra del Mar. . 
OBSERVATIONS: A tree of ordinary growth. Flowers red with 
scales at the base. Leaves oval with five sharp prolongations. 
Fruit round. 
Pao Setim. 
CLASSIFICATION: Aspidosperma eburneum F. Allem. Family: 
Apocynaceae. Order: Contortae. 
DESCRIPTION: Trunks from 6 to 8 metres in length and 80 
cms. in diameter. Colour light-yellow, very uniform. Grain 
straight and very fine. Easily carved. 
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: From 698 to 764 kgs. 
RESISTANCE: To crushing: 714 kgs. 
USES: Cabinet-work de luxe. Turning. Mouldings. Inlaid work. 
Is a very handsome wood for all articles de luxe. 
HABITAT: North of the State. Valley of the Piracicaba. 
OBSERVATIONS: A rare wood. 
Passaritva. 
This tree grows in the valleys of the Parahyba and 
Tieté. It is suitable for interior work only. It has a layer 
of alburnum, its sp. gr. is 622 to 695 kgs., its resistance 
to crushing is 370 kgs., and to flexion, 794 kgs. 
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