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TIMBER 
lighter, comes from Guayaquil. There is also a timber 
found in Cuba — guayacancillo — which resembles lignum 
vitse and is used for similar purposes. Sizes about 10 ft. 
long and upwards and 6 to 10 inches square. Some 
" katchina vitte " was recently brought from Jamaica with 
the true lignum vitse. 
Hackia {Siderodendron trijiorum), with which the true 
lignum vitse is often confounded, grows abundantly in 
British Guiana ; it is an equally hard, close-grained, heavy 
wood, and both are used for the same purposes and both 
are about equally durable. It can be got 65 ft. long and 
16 to 18 inches square without sap. 
Weight 50 to 60 lbs. per cubic foot. 
Souari-pikea or Butternut Tree of the genus Caryocar is 
plentiful on the Essequibo river ; it yields a tough cross- 
grained timber, hard to saw, and will not smooth in places 
as the grain " picks up " ; very difficult to split. On it grow 
the souari or butternuts. 
There are many other excellent hardwoods in the colony 
of British Guiana, but the difficulties of climate and 
transport, lack of railways, etc., prevent their being 
brought into the European market, and greenheart is the 
only timber which is exported in any quantity. 
Brazil. 
Paroba — Aroeira — Erauua Parda — Erauna do Sertiio — Folha de Bolo 
— Balsamo — Candeia — Cedro — Cauella — Goncalo Alves — Cabiii — 
Ipe — Icaranda — Angico — Jacaranda or Eosewood — Vinhatico 
— Pegui — Guarubu — Sicupira Assu. 
Paroba Vermelha (Sapota sp.) is the finest timber in the 
province of Minas Geraes for general purposes. It is red 
