patches giving to the wood an ivory appearance. When 
it is quite dry the wood becomes very similar to old ivorv. 
Grain fine, straight and inconspicuous. 
Hard to cut. 
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: From 868 to 1,148 kgs. 
Pereira. 
VARIETIES: Pereira amarella. Pereira vermelha. 
SYNONYMS: Pdo pente. Pdo pereira. Camara de bilro. 
CLASSIFICATION: Platyciamus Regnellii Benth. Order: Legu- 
minosae. 
DESCRIPTION: Trunks from 8 to 10 metres in length and 0.80 
to 1 metre in diameter. Colour yellow or bright red, very 
uniform. Grain coarse and disposed symmetrically in trans~ 
verse section. 
Layer of alburnum. Hard to cut. 
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: Pereira amarella: From 745 to 790 kgs. 
Pereira vermelha: From 816 to 904 kgs. 
USES: Scaffolding, beams and exterior work. Damp situations. 
first-rate quality. Casks, barrels. Coarse flooring. Bark 
febrifuge. Produces “Pereirina”. 
HABITAT: Valley of the Mogy-Guasst. 
OBSERVATIONS: A tree of normal growth, contorted branches, 
covered with downy hairs of brown colour. Bark coarse, 
very furrowed and of a whitish colour. 
Leaves pink or yellowish. Branches without odour. Fruits 
few, oval, fleshy and of an ashen gray colour. 
Peroba. 
VARIETIES: Peroba gratida amarella. 
7 i parda. 
se 7 preta. 
- 7 rosa. 
* »  Vvermelha. 
ts do campo. 
se miuda. 
34 poca. 
si rajada. 
45 reversa. 
aA tremida. 
Perobinha. 
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