Table 25.—Characteristics and uses of selected trees, Brazil—Continued 
Native and trade 
names Scientific name 
* | YY 
Wacareuban tr. fe Calophyllum 
brasiliense. 
Jauary palm........ 
LEONG FSS 6 Glee exc | 
Louro or canela..... 
Macacatiba......... 
Magcaranduba (bul- 
letwood). 
Mahogany (aguano). 
Mangrove, red...... 
Marna cape fercieita lair 
Paraiba-wood 
(coixeta, pau 
parahyba). 
Parana pine)... \-.-- 
Pau amarelo (Bra- 
zilian satinwood). 
Astrocaryum 
Jauart. 
Cariniana legalis . . 
Ocotea and Nec- 
tandra spp. 
Platymiscium spp.. 
Manilkara and 
Mimusops spp- 
| Swietenta macro- 
phylla. 
Rhizophora mangle. 
Simaruba amara.. . 
Simaruba versi- 
color. 
Araucaria 
angustifolia. 
Euxylophora 
paraensis. 
See footnote at end of table. 
46 
Specific 
gravity 
(air-dry) 
0. 5-0. 8 | 
0. 8-1. 2 
0. 9-1. 2} 
0. 4-0. 8 | 
0.9-1. 1 
0. 4-0. 
uw 
isa 
0. 4-0. 
0. 5-0. 6 
0. 8-1. 1 
FOREST RESOURCE REPORT 16, 
Wood properties 
Pink to brick red, hard, 
texture medium and 
uniform, good me- 
chanical properties. 
(*) 
Yellowish to reddish 
brown, firm and tough, 
medium texture and 
luster, medium hard. 
Greenish yellow to dark 
olive brown, soft to 
moderately hard, tex- 
ture medium to coarse, 
darker specimens 
durable, resistant to 
insects. 
Bright red to reddish or 
purplish brown, hard, 
strong, texture fine, 
good mechanical prop- 
erties, durable. 
Red, extremely hard, 
durable. Bark yields 
balata latex. 
Reddish, luster high, 
soft to hard and 
brittle, texture fine 
to coarse, technical 
properties good. 
Red to reddish brown, 
hard, texture fine, 
resistant to decay but 
not to marine borers. 
Bark contains 20-30 
percent of tannin. 
White or straw colored, 
texture medium and 
uniform, taste bitter, 
mechanical properties 
good. 
White or straw colored, 
texture medium and 
uniform, taste bitter, 
working properties 
good. 
Light brown, uniform 
texture, good mechani- 
cal properties, resinous. 
Yellow, hard, texture 
medium and uniform, 
good mechanical 
properties. 
Principal uses 
General construction, 
shipbuilding, shin- 
gles, veneer, floor- 
ing, furniture. 
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Interior construction, 
carpentry, plywood. 
Fibrous bark for 
cordage. 
Piling, crossties, floor- 
ing, furniture. 
Heavy construction, 
bridge planking, 
crossties, jomery, 
furniture, musical 
instruments. 
Crossties, heavy du- 
rable outside con- 
struction. 
Furniture, veneer, 
interior fittings and 
joinery, cabinet- 
work, boatbuilding, 
printers blocks. 
Construction, posts, 
piling, crossties, 
ribs of boats, fuel- 
wood and charcoal. 
Boxes, general carpen- 
try, interior con- 
struction. 
Boxes, general car- 
pentry, interior trim. 
Most important tim- 
ber tree in Brazil. 
General utility and 
pulp. 
Doors, tables, flooring, 
furniture, fancy 
interior trim. 
Occurrence 
Amazon and 
coastal rain 
forests. 
Amazon varzeas. 
Coastal rain forest. 
Amazon and 
coastal rain 
forests. 
Do. 
Amazon and coastal 
rain forests. 
Amazon upland. 
Littoral forest. 
Amazon rain forest. 
Coastal rain forest. 
Parana pine forest. 
Amazon rain forest. 
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