massaranduba

Red acrylic panels are lit from behind and the effect is a red slit opening against the massaranduba bench which wraps around the angled wall.

The Peninsula Residence by Bercy Chen Studio 2009

For two decades now he has been singlehandedly sowing Boca da Mata, a mostly deforested reservation, with hundreds of seedlings of Brazil wood, massaranduba and oticica, monumental trees with musical names that once flourished there.

Not As Green As They Seem 2008

Clamps, such as are used by boat builders, we had not, but made substitutes from the crooked guava tree and from _massaranduba_ wood.

Voyage of the Liberdade Joshua Slocum 1877

Yet such is the sap coming from the opening made by the axe from the massaranduba or cow-tree.

The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

Among the most remarkable is the white-stemmed cecropia, the lofty massaranduba, or cow-tree, often rising to the height of one hundred and fifty feet; the seringa, or india-rubber tree, with its smooth grey bark, tall erect trunk, and thick glossy leaves.

The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

Exotic equatorial hardwood: Favorites are ipe (Brazilian walnut), cumaru (Brazilian teak), garapa (Brazilian oak), jatoba (Brazilian cherry), massaranduba (Brazilian redwood) and tigerwood.

SFGate: Top News Stories Debbie Arrington 2011

I only yesterday caught sight of the massaranduba, or cow-tree; and as it is not far off, I will this evening bring you a bowlful of the juice, which, when fresh, you will be unable to distinguish from the finest milk. "

The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco William Henry Giles Kingston 1847