Quina. 
Erythroxylum var. sp. Family: Erythroxylaceae. Order: 
Gruinales. Quina brava. A high tree. Timber of inferior 
quality, used for interior work and boxes. Sp. gr. 790 kgs. 
Grows in the North of the State. 
Raposeira. 
Raposeira gratida and Raposeira miida. Timber ‘of inferior 
quality, used for interior work. Sp. gr. 770 kgs. 
Found in the North of the State and Marinhas. 
Roxinho. 
A high and very spreading tree, producing a handsome 
timber of dark pink colour, used for exterior work, bridges 
and posts. Damp situations. A wood suitable for furniture 
and cabinet-work de luxe. 
Is met with in the valley of the Ribeira. 
Saguaragy. 
SYNONYM: Sobragy. 
CLASSIFICATION: Colubrina rufa Reiss. Family: Rhamnaceae. 
Order: Frangulinae. 
DESCRIPTION: Trunks from 8 to 10 metres in length and 60 
to 80 cms. in diameter. Colour yellow or light-red, with 
very pronounced red patches. Grain straight and fine. Large 
layer of alburnum. Hard to cut. 
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: From 843 to 1,000 kgs. 
RESISTANCE: To crushing: 812 kgs. 
USES: Ship-building. Carriage-building. Cabinet-work. Bridges, 
posts, exterior work, damp situations, first-rate quality. Sleep- 
ers of first quality, lasting twelve years. 
HABITAT: Common throughout the State. 
OBSERVATIONS: A tree of upright growth, few branches and 
little foliage. Bark smooth and thin. Leaves thin, small 
and compound. Flowers yellow, large and in racemes. 
Fruit round and very small. 
Sapucaia. 
VARIETIES: Sapucaia branca. Sapucaia vermelha. 
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