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Palo Santo, found in Paraguayan Chaco and used for 
turnery and furniture, is one of the tallest and commonest 
of Paraguayan trees. 
Inviraro is not unlike oak in appearance, but does not 
split. It is used by natives for hubs and felloes. 
Cedar is the chief wood of Paraguay and is much superior 
to the Argentine cedar, being richer in colour and more 
durable. 
Amongst Bolivian woods are lapach, of different coloured 
varieties, niuruday, of white, yellow, and black varieties, 
very suitable for sleepers, and corupan, a very durable 
wood used for hydrauhc work, but these are evidently the 
same timbers with slightly different names which have been 
described under " Argentina." 
West India Islands and Central American Timber. 
Poui — Cyp —Yokewood— Avocado— Manchineel—Tapana— Olivier — 
Angeliu — Eustic— Water wood— Fiddle wood— Dogwood— Galaba 
— Sabicu— Lancewood— Degame— Jucaro Prieto— Quiebra-hasha 
— Babia — Jiqui Comun— Mahogany — Cedar. 
Poui or Ebony (Tecoma serratifolia) is abundant in 
Trinidad. It is one of the hardest and most durable 
timbers of the colony, where it is largely used for posts. 
There are two varieties, the green and the grey. The wood 
is of close, even grain and will take a fine polish, and may 
be had in lengths of 30 ft. and upwards and 2 to 3 ft. in 
diameter. 
Cyp or Princewood (Cordia gerascanthus), grown in 
Jamaica, is a light, useful timber of a uniform brown 
colour with darker zones ; used for shingles on roofs and 
largely for turning. One of the best timbers of Jamaica. 
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