Wood Specimen's Information:  

 
  Museum Floor  &  Size of Specimens :

First Floor, Timber Section
  Specimen's Access Number :

CBRw009
  Binomial Name of Specimen :

Pterocarpus dalbergioides
  Specimen's Collector Name :

C.C.F.
  Specimen's Collection Area :

Hrro, Portblair, Andaman,

 

Specimen's Collection Date

 :

 
  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 :

Pterocarpus
  Subgenus :

 
  Species :

Pterocarpus dalbergioides
 

Author of Species

 :

Roxb
  Common/Trade Name :

Andaman Padauk, Andaman Redwood, East Indian Mahogany, East Indian-Mahogany, Narra
  Vernacular Name :

English: Andaman Padauk, Andaman Redwood, East Indian Mahogany, East Indian-Mahogany, Narra
  Distribution of Species :

India
 

Uses

 :

Some padauks, e.g. P. soyauxii, are used as herbal medicines, for example to treat skin parasites and fungal infections.
  Normal Picture of Specimens :

 
  Anatomical Picture of Specimens :

 

 

 

 

 

References :

 

  

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

  2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterocarpus

  3. http://zipcodezoo.com/Plants/P/Pterocarpus%5Fdalbergioides/

  4. Anonymous. 1979. VI Luxury timbers. In: Tropical Legumes: Resources for the Future, pp. 211-238. National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC.

  5. National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future. (Trop Leg)

  6. Rojo, J. P. 1977. Pterocarpus. 3:20. [mentions].

  7. Sanjappa, M. 1992. Legumes of India. (Leg India)

  8. Soerianegara, I. & R. H. M. J. Lemmens, eds. 1993. Timber trees: major commercial timbers. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). (Pl Res SEAs) 5(1):378.

  9. Soerianegara, I. and Lemmens, R.H.M.J. (eds) 1993. Plant Resources of South-East Asia 5(1). Timber trees: major commercial timbers. Pudoc Scientific Publishers, Wageningen.

  10. WWF and IUCN. 1994. Centres of plant diversity. A guide and strategy for their conservation. IUCN Publications Unit, Cambridge, UK.

  11. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl? 403483

  12. Asian Regional Workshop (Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Viet Nam) 1998. Pterocarpus dalbergioides

  13. National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future. (Trop Leg)

  14. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names) Rojo, J. P. 1977. Pterocarpus. 3:20. [Mentions]. Sanjappa, M. 1992. Legumes of India. (Leg India)

  15. Soerianegara, I. & R. H. M. J. Lemmens, eds. 1993. Timber trees: major commercial timbers. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). (Pl Res SEAs) 5(1): 378