Pterocarpus indicus(PTKIN)
Overview Code created in: 1996-10-28
- EPPO Code: PTKIN
- Preferred name: Pterocarpus indicus
- Authority: Willdenow
India, Bangladesh, Indochina (excpt Laos), Malesia, China (including Taiwan), New Guinea. Prized in southeast Asia as a street and garden tree, also producing valuable timber and used in traditional medicine. Threatened in the wild. Introduced in Sri Lanka, Central Africa, Australia. Declared the national tree of the Philippines
Name | Language |
---|---|
amboyna wood | English |
Andaman redwood | English |
angsana | English |
Burmese rosewood | English |
Indian padauk | English |
narra | English |
Papua New Guinea rosewood | English |
pashu padauk | English |
Philippine mahogany | English |
echtes Sandelholz | German |
indisches Rosenholz | German |
bois de corail | French |
bois de rose de Birmanie | French |
sang-dragon | French |
santal rouge | French |
pau-rosa-de-birmânia | Portuguese |
zǐ tán | Chinese |
紫檀 | Chinese |
angsana | Indonesian |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Fabids (
1FABD )
Order
Fabales (
1FABO )
Family
Fabaceae (
1LEGF )
Subfamily
Papilionoideae (
1FABS )
Genus
Pterocarpus (
1PTKG )
Species
Pterocarpus indicus (
PTKIN )