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Dalbergia latifolia Roxb.

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HIGHER TAXON: Dalbergieae

GENUS: Dalbergia L.f.

Dalbergia latifolia Roxb. [Preferred name]
    Amerimnon latifolium (Roxb.)Kuntze {Synonym}
    Dalbergia emarginata Roxb. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Bombay Blackwood [3026]; Bombay Rosewood [1957]; East India Blackwood [3653]; Indian Rosewood [210, 1915, 1946, 3653]; Itti [4751]; Pahari Sisoo [3026]; Pai [3028]; Safed Sisum [3028]; Shisham [3030]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Kenya (I) [210]; Nigeria (I) [212]; Tanzania (I) [210]; Uganda (I) [210]
  Asia
India (N) [210, 1914, 1915, 1946, 3017, 3027, 3028, 3029, 3094, 3100, 3119, 3366, 3371, 3376, 3377, 3635, 3719]; Andhra Pradesh [3635]; Bihar [3371]; Dadra-Nagar-Haveli [3094]; Goa [3366]; Gujarat [3017]; Himachal Pradesh [3719]; Karnataka [1946]; Kerala [1946]; Madhaya Pradesh [3029]; Maharashtra [3100]; Orissa [3376]; Pondicherry [3366]; Punjab [3377]; Rajasthan [3028]; Sikkim [1946]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Uttar Pradesh [1946]; West Bengal [3119]; Indonesia (N) [1969, 3005, 3898]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Malaysia (N) [1946]; Nepal (N) [1914, 1946, 2898, 3369]; Pakistan (I) [1938]; Peninsular Malaysia (N) [1946]; Singapore (N) [3004]; Sri Lanka (I) [1957]; Sulawesi (N) [3005]
  Indian Ocean
Andaman Is (N) [1946]; Mauritius (I) [1915]; Reunion (I) [1915]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [3, 210, 1915, 1938, 1946, 1947, 3898] ; Distribution Map [1946, 3035] ; Illustration [3386]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [1915] [3898] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened [3581] ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-04 Seneviratne GI (Sinhala & Tamil Names) ; Habit: Tree [1915] [3898] ; Lifespan: Perennial [1915] [3898] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
USES:
  Forage [1946, 2026, 3030]; Medicine [1946, 3034]; Wood [1915, 1938, 1946, 3030]

  
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1914.

  Sanjappa, M., 1992
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  Polhill, R, M., 1990
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    Papilion. In:Flora of West Pakistan, No 100.

1946.

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3377.

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3386.

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3581.

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3635.

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3653.

  Anonymous, 1979
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3719.

  Kapoor, S.K. & Sarin, Y.K., 1979
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