RESISTANCE: To crushing: 599 kgs. 
USES: Exterior work, damp situations. Bridges, posts, ete. 
Carriage-building. Furniture. Sleepers ot first-rate quality, 
lasting 10 years. The fruit yields a medicinal oil against 
arthritic, or joint complaints, and the roots are used for 
the preparation of a remedy for syphilis. 
The Taruman vermelho is much inferior to the Taruman 
amarello. 
HABITAT: The valley of the Parahyba. Sierra del Mar. 
OBSERVATIONS: A tree of small growth, with good foliage and 
branching freely. Leaves broad, round and very rough. 
Fruit small, black and edible. 
Tata. 
VARIETIES: Tatti pequeno. Tati gratido. 
CLASSIFICATION: Eugenia axillaris Vell. Family: Myrtaceae. 
Order: Myrtiflorae. 
DESCRIPTION: Trunks from 8 to 10 metres in length and 60 
to 80 cms. in diameter. 
Colour dark-yellow with darker veins and patches. A 
small layer of alburnum. Grain fine. Easily carved. 
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: Tatti pequeno: From 989 to 1,100 kgs. 
Tati gratido: From 810 to 960 kgs. 
RESISTANCE: Tatti pequeno: to crushing: 449 kgs. 
USES: Tati pequeno: Exterior work. Work exposed to the action 
of salt water. Is not suitable for use of small dimensions 
on account of shrinking. 
Tatdé gratido: Interior work. Not suitable where shrink- 
age is to be avoided. 
HABITAT: Marinhas. 
OBSERVATIONS: A tree of small growth and with twisted and 
gnarled branches. Leaves small and lanceolate, of a dark 
colour. Bark coarse, brown and rugged. 
The Taté gratido often has small holes in the wood 
which is not the case with the Tati pequeno. 
Taytva. 
SYNONYM: Amotreira. 
CLASSIFICATION: Chlorophora tinctoria (Lin.) Gaudich. 
Family: Moraceae. Order: Urticinae. 
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