The Urucurana de leite is superior to the Urucurana mirim 
and supplies a sleeper of first-rate quality, lasting twelve 
years. Produces a pink dye and a medicinal resin. 
HABITAT: Sierra del Mar. Valley of the Parahyba. 
OBSERVATIONS: Trees of large growth. Fine aspect. Leaves 
regular, red and round. Bark rough and red in colour. Fruits, 
small black and edible. 
Vassourinha. 
Dodonaea viscosa Lin. Family: Sapindaceae. Order: 
Sapindinae. 
A tree of small growth producing! a wood of dark-brown 
colour, with black veins and markings, grain very even 
and straight. Is employed for boarding for floors, etc., and 
for interior work, making good thin planks. Is often confused 
with the Vinhatico. Is met with in the valley of the Parahyba. 
Vinhatico. 
VARIETIES: Vinhatico. 
3 de algodao. 
63 de boi. 
5 do campo. 
SYNONYMS: Vinhatico algodao or Vinhatico orelha de macaco. 
Vinhatico de boi or Vinhatico testa de boi. 
CLASSIFICATION: Enterolobium ellipticum Benth. 
Order: Leguminosae. 
DESCRIPTION: Trunks from 6 to 8 metres in length and 80 
cms. in diameter. Colour dark-yellow or brown with tones 
of bright-yellow. Grain fine and regular. Layer of alburnum. 
Easily carved. 
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: Vinhatico: From 482 to 705 kgs. 
Vinhatico do algodfo: From 460 to 567 kgs. 
Vinhatico de boi: From 595 to 757 kgs. 
RESISTANCE: Vinhatico: To crushing: 570 kgs. 
USES: Ship-building. Ordinary furniture and furniture de luxe. 
Turning. Scantlings. Flooring. 
The Vinhatico algodao and the Vinhatico testa de boi 
present most handsome surfaces for polishing. 
HABITAT: Is common throughout the State. 
OBSERVATIONS: A tree freely branching and with spreading. 
high top. Bark white. Leaves long. 
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