Dalbergia latifolia Roxb.
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| Family: | LEGUMINOSAE |
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| Sub-Family: | Papilionoideae | ||||
| English Name: | East Indian Rosewood | ||||
| Synonym: | Dalbergia emarginata Roxb. | ||||
| Common Name: | Malabar rosewood | ||||
| Flowering & Fruiting Period: | August - September | ||||
| Distribution: | Indo-Malaysia | ||||
| Habitat: | Dry and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains | ||||
| Uses: | Tannins extracted from the bark are used to treat diarrhoea and indigestion. Timber used to make furniture, veneers, musical instruments, boat keels and joinery. Due to its nitrogen-fixing properties, the foliage is usually nitrogen-rich and is used as mulch or fodder. This species is usually planted with crops like rice, maize, beans, coffee and ginger. | ||||
| Key Characteristics: | Deciduous trees, to 25 m high, bark grey, smooth with short irregular cracks. Leaves imparipinnate; lamina orbicular, margin entire, glabrous. Flowers bisexual, white, in short corymbose panicles from the axils of fallen leaves of previous years shoot; calyx tube campanulate; lobes 5; petals 5; stamens 9, monadelphous; ovary stipitate, inferior, 1-celled, ovules 1-few. Fruit a pod. | ||||