Wood Specimen's Information:  

 
  Museum Floor  &  Size of Specimens :

First floor, Timber Cylindrical Log
  Specimen's Access Number :

CBRw020
  Binomial Name of Specimen :

Dalbergia latifolia
  Specimen's Collector Name :

 
  Specimen's Collection Area :

Kasorgod, Karnataka
 

Specimen's Collection Date

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  Specimen's Collection Country :

India
  Specimen's Collection Continent :

Asia
  Number of Specimen Available :

1
  Whether it is available for mutual exchange :

Yes
Scientific Classification of Wood Specimen:  

 
  Kingdom :

Plantae
  Division :

Magnoliophyta
 

Class

 :

Magnoliopsida
  Order :

Fabales
  Family :

Fabaceae
  Genus :

Dalbergia
  Subgenus :

 
  Species :

Dalbergia latifolia
 

Author of Species

 :

Roxb
  Common/Trade Name :

Indian Rose-Wood, Black Wood of Bombay
  Vernacular Name :

Hindi: Kala-Shisham

Kannada: Bidi

Marathi: Shishak

Tamil: Ltti

Telugu: Jittegi
  Distribution of Species :

India and the island of lava in Indonesia (Kadambi, 1954). Its best growth occurs in the Western Ghat forests of Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu. It has been introduced to Burma, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Nigeria, and Kenya.
 

Uses

 :

The sapwood of D. latifolia is pale yellowish-white often with a tinge of purple. Tannins from the bark are used to produce medicines for the treatment of diarrhoea, worms, indigestion, and leprosy.
  Normal Picture of Specimens :

 
  Anatomical Picture of Specimens :

 

 

 

 

 

References :

 

  

  1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalbergia

  2. http://www.winrock.org/fnrm/factnet/factpub/FACTSH/D_latifolia.html

  3. http://forest.ap.nic.in/Forest%20Flora%20of%20Andhra%20Pradesh/files/ff0455.htm

  4. Direktorat Reboisasi dan Rehabilitasi (DMI). 1980. Pedoman Pembuatan Tanamam Jakarta: DMI, Ditjen Kehutanan. Pp. 75-84

  5. Kadambi, K. 1954. The silviculture of Dalbergia latifolia. Monograph of Indian trees, No. 1. Government of India, Manager of Publications, Delhi.

  6. Sukandi, T. 1993. Agroforestyy-based plantations of Dalbergia latifolia, Roxb. In Java, Indonesia Paper presented at the International Dalbergia Workshop, 31 May - 4 June 1993. Hetauda, Nepal.

  7. Troup, R.S. 1921. The silviculture of Indian trees, Vol. 1. Oxford, Clarendon. Pp.318-325.