RESISTANCE: Sucupira-assi: To crushing: 824 kgs. Sucupira- 
a mirim: To crushing: 930 kgs. 
USES: Ship-building. Cabinet-work. Turning. Scaffolding. Posts 
and work exposed to the weather. Flooring. 
The Sucupira-assti is inferior to the Sucupira-mirim but 
is of very good quality. 
The Sucupira-mirim is a very flexible timber and has 
a large quantity of water in the stem. Makes sleepers of 
first-class quality, lasting eleven years. 
Both have bark with tonic and anti-rheumatic properties. 
Their seeds are roasted and ground in the same manner 
as coffee and act as excitants to the lymphatic system. 
HABITAT: Sierra del Mar. Valley of the Parahyba and other 
parts of the State. 
OBSERVATIONS: High, branching and leafy trees. Branches 
very uneven in length and form, as also the leaves whose 
forms are very diverse. 
Bark spotted, very furrowed, coarse and irregular. 
‘Tajuba. 
SYNONYMS: Tatajubé. Tajiba. Tatba. 
CLASSIFICATION: Maclura affinis. Miq. Family: Artocarpaceae. 
Order: Urticinae. 
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: From 971 to 1,019 kgs. 
RESISTANCE: To crushing: 968 kgs. 
USES: Cabinet-work. Flooring. Interior work and _ scaffolding, 
posts. Dry situations. Gives a yellow dye. 
HABITAT: South of the State. Mogy-mirim. 
‘Tambory. 
SYNONYMS: Chimbé. Ximbé. Tamboril. Tambor. Orelha de negro. 
CLASSIFICATION: Enterolobium Timbouva Mart. 
Order: Leguminosae. 
DESCRIPTION: Trunks from 10 to 12 metres in length and 1.20 
to 1.50 metres in diameter. 
Colour of very uniform brown. Grain fine and straight. 
Very easy to carve. Layer of alburnum. 
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: From 378 to 531 kgs. 
RESISTANCE: To flexion: 531 kgs. 
USES: Boarding for floors and scantlings. Skirting-boards. The 
planks keep their colour well. Serves the same purposes 
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