ACCESSION NO: KFRIw 661

  • Scientific Name: Pterocarpus indicus Willd.
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Trade Name: Padauk (Malaysia), Narra
  • Common Name: Amboyna (Indonesia), Malay padauk, Sena (Malaysia), Burmese rosewood (Myanmar), Narra (Philippines, USA)
  • പൊതുവായ പേരുകള്‍: പാടോക്
  • Native: Tropical & Subtropical Asia to West Pacific
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  • Collected by: P. K. Thulasidas & K. M. Bhat
  • General Characteristics: Trees, 15-25 m tall. Bark grayish. leaflets ovate-elliptic. Inflorescence a raceme or panicle. Legume orbicular.
  • Wood Anatomy: Growth rings are indistinct. Vessels diffuse-porous, large to medium, few to moderately numerous, mostly solitary; occasionally filled with tyloses and reddish-brown resin. Rays few, moderately broad to fine, fairly close spaced, with reddish brown contents.
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