Wood Specimen's Information:  

 
  Museum Floor  &  Size of Specimens :

First Floor, Timber Section
  Specimen's Access Number :

CBRw004
  Binomial Name of Specimen :

Dalbergia latifolia
  Specimen's Collector Name :

 
  Specimen's Collection Area :

Parambiculam, Cochin, Kerala

Malabar North, Kerala
 

Specimen's Collection Date

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  Specimen's Collection Country :

India
  Specimen's Collection Continent :

Asia
  Number of Specimen Available :

2
  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 :

Western Ghat forests of Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu. It has been introduced to Burma, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Nigeria, and Kenya (Kadambi, 1954).
 

Uses

 :

It is used to make premium-grade furniture, panelling, veneers, and interior and exterior joinery. Secondary uses of the wood include; knife handles, musical instrument calico-printing blocks, mathematical instruments, agricultural implements, and boats keels and screws.

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. Deshmukh, D.K. 1975. Regeneration of Rosewood (Dalbergia latifolia, Roxb.) Myforest 11 (2):87-93.

  4. http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Dalbergia_latifolia

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

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

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

  8. 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.

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