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TIMBEE 
grain and very heavy, used for door frames, wheel hubs, 
spokes, shafts, pulley blocks, etc., and resists moisture 
well. It is only to be had in lengths up to 20 ft., for the 
tree only grows to a height of 15 to 20 ft., with a diameter 
of 12 to 18 inches. A small sample has been tried for 
paving in Liverpool. 
Weight about 72 lbs. per cubic foot. 
Guayacan and lapacho are the only native timbers 
which rival the quebracho, but they are not so plentiful. 
Curupay and Urunday produce a very similar class of 
timber, which has been a good deal used for piles and 
jetty work in the Argentine and in such situations has 
lasted over 30 years. In some situations Curupay has 
lasted twice as long as Urunday or even Quebracho ; neither 
is, however, so stiff as Quebracho. Curupay is a hard red 
wood of great strength, stands damp well, and a good deal 
of it is used for masts and some for sleepers. Curupay- 
ria is the heavier kind, but rather inclined to split when 
exposed to the sun. The tests show Curupay to be rather a 
stronger timber than Quebracho Colorado ; it is particularly 
strong in tensile strain. These two timbers come chiefly 
from Paraguay, to the north of Argentina, which furnishes 
it with a considerable quantity of timber. 
Weight about 60 lbs. per cubic foot. 
Quebracho, Lapacho, and Curupay are the timbers most 
used in Argentina. 
Palo Blanco (Calycophi/llum mu.ltiflorum) is a tree of 20 to 
30 ft. in height and about 2 ft. diameter. The wood is 
almost white — the name means " white wood" — with a 
close grain and is rather expensive. Used for beams, 
scantlings, planks, etc. 
Weight about 62 lbs. per cubic foot. Palo Amarilla and 
Palo Santo are other kinds used for sleepers. 
