Taxon:
Pterocarpus indicus Willd.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 3(2):904. 1802
Verified:
10/28/1988
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
- Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature
- Cannon, J. & M. Cannon. 1994. Dye plants and dyeing The Herbert Press & The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1948-1976. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials.
- Elevitch, C. R., ed. The traditional tree initiative: species profiles for Pacific Island agroforestry (on-line resource). URL: http://www.agroforestry.net/tti/Pterocarpus-narra.pdf Note:
- Permanent Agriculture Resources (PAR), Holualoa, Hawai'i
- http://www.traditionaltree.org/
- Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
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- Jardim e Museu Agricola do Ultramar, Portugal. 1972-. Flora de Sao Tome e Principe. Note: introduced
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
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Common names
English
Amboyna-wood – Andaman redwood – Burmese rosewood – Malay padauk – Papua New Guinea rosewood – Philippine-mahogany – India
narra – Japanese Rōmaji
yaeyama-shitan – Swedish
amboinaträd – unknown
angsana –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangdong Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Yunnan Sheng | s. |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Ryukyu Islands | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Cambodia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | s. |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Brunei Darussalam | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Papuasia | Papua New Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Papuasia | Solomon Islands | | |
1 | Native | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Micronesia | | Caroline Islands |
1 | Native | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Palau | | |
1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Vanuatu | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Guangdong Sheng, Yunnan Sheng (s.)]
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EASTERN ASIA:
Japan [Ryukyu Islands], Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
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PAPUASIA:
Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands
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INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia, Myanmar (s.), Thailand, Vietnam
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MALESIA:
Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Pacific
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NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Micronesia (Caroline Islands), Palau
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SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Vanuatu
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | agroforestry | | National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future |
Environmental | shade/shelter | fide Trop Leg; Use Pl WT Afr | National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future |
Materials | tannin/dyestuff | | National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future |
Materials | tannin/dyestuff | | Cannon, J. & M. Cannon. 1994. Dye plants and dyeing The Herbert Press & The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. |
Materials | wood | | Soerianegara, I. & R. H. M. J. Lemmens, eds. 1993. Timber trees: major commercial timbers. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 5(1):379. URL: http://proseanet.org |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |