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ACCESSION NO: KFRIw 88
- Scientific Name: Dalbergia latifolia Roxb.
- Family: Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
- Trade Name: Rose wood
- Common Name: Veeti, Eeti
- പൊതുവായ പേരുകള്: വീട്ടീ, ഈട്ടി
- Native: Indian Subcontinent, Andaman Islands, Jawa
- Specimen from: Peechi, Thrissur
- State & Region: Kerala, India
- Collected by: K. M. Bhat & K. V. Bhat
- General Characteristics: Deciduous trees, to 25 m high, bark 10-15 mm thick, grey, smooth with short irregular cracks, leaves imparipinnate. Flowers bisexual, white. Fruit is a pod.
- Wood Anatomy: Growth rings are scarcely distinct. Vessels Diffuse-porous, rarely with a tendency to semi-ring -porous, Large to small, few to moderately numerous, solitary or often in short radial multiples; occasionally filled with gummy deposits. Rays Fine to very fine, visible only under the lens, numerous, closely spaced.
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