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Pterocarpus indicus Willd.

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HIGHER TAXON: Dalbergieae

GENUS: Pterocarpus Jacq.

Pterocarpus indicus Willd. [Preferred name]
    Lingoum echinatum (Pers.)Kuntze {Synonym}
    Lingoum indicum (Willd.)Kuntze {Synonym}
    Lingoum rubrum Rumph. {Synonym}
    Lingoum saxatile Rumph. {Synonym}
    Pterocarpus blancoi Merr. {Synonym}
    Pterocarpus carolinensis Kaneh. {Synonym}
    Pterocarpus draco sensu auct. {Misapplied}
    Pterocarpus echinata Pers. {Synonym}
    Pterocarpus indica Willd. {Orthographic variant}
    Pterocarpus klemmei Merr. {Synonym}
    Pterocarpus obtusatus Miq. {Synonym}
    Pterocarpus pallidus Blanco {Synonym}
    Pterocarpus papuanus F.Muell. {Synonym}
    Pterocarpus pubescens Merr. {Synonym}
    Pterocarpus vidalianus Rolfe {Synonym}
    Pterocarpus wallichii Wight & Arn. {Synonym}
    Pterocarpus zollingeri Miq. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Bloodwood [1941]; Cibicibi [2264]; Padouk [2264]; Sandrago [3058]; Sang Drago [1915]; Sang Dragon [1915]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Kenya (I) [210]; Mozambique (I) [8]; Sao Tome & Principe (I) [217]; Sierra Leone (I) [212]; Tanzania (I) [210]; Zaire (I) [215]
  Asia
Brunei (N) [215]; Cambodia (N) [3465]; China (N) [1946, 3413]; Guangdong [3413]; Yunnan [3413]; East Timor (N) [215]; India (I) [215, 1914, 1946, 3027]; Maharashtra [1946]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; West Bengal [1946]; Indonesia (N) [215, 261, 1946, 2111, 3465]; Irian Jaya (N) [261]; Jawa (N) [2111]; Kalimantan (N) [215]; Lesser Sunda Is (N) [215]; Malaysia (N) [215, 1946, 3011, 3465]; Moluccas (N) [215]; Myanmar (N) [215, 1946]; Peninsular Malaysia (N) [3011]; Philippines (N) [1946, 3002]; Ryukyu Is (N) [2825]; Sabah (N) [215]; Sarawak (N) [215]; Singapore (N) [3011]; Sri Lanka (I) [215, 1957]; Sulawesi (N) [215]; Sumatera (N) [1946]; Taiwan (I) [215, 3413]; Thailand (N) [215, 3465]; Vietnam (N) [3465]
  Australasia
Papua New Guinea (N) [261]
  Indian Ocean
Andaman Is (I) [3389]; Maldives (N) [3617]; Mauritius (I) [1915]; Reunion (I) [1915]; Seychelles (I) [1941]
  Pacific Ocean
Bismarck Archipelago (N) [261]; Fiji (U) [2264]; Hawaii (I) [2968]; Northern Marianas (N) [2235]; Society Is (U) [2968]; Solomon Is (N) [261]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 215, 261, 1915, 1941, 1946, 2111, 2825, 3011, 3413, 3465] ; Illustration [54, 215, 261, 1915, 2825, 3011]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [261] [1941] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Tree [261] [1941] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] [1941] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 1996 (Japan) Ohashi H, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-01 (F

  
USES:
  Environmental [210, 261, 1915, 1957, 2828, 2968]; Medicine [261, 2828]; Wood [261, 1946, 2828, 2872, 3465]

  
NOTES:
  Native to Tropical Asia. [1915]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

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    Specimen in Herb.Kew

54.

  Williams, R.O., 1949
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210.

  Gillett, J.B. et al., 1971
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill

212.

  Hepper, F.N., 1958
    Papilionoideae.In:Flora West Tropical Africa.Keay,R.W.J.

215.

  Rojo, J.P., 1972
    Phanerog.Monogr. 5:1-119 Pterocarpus (Leguminosae-Papilion..

217.

  Liberato, Maria Candida, 1972
    Flora de Sao Tome e Principe: Papilionaceae

261.

  Verdcourt, B., 1979
    A Manual of New Guinea Legumes. Office of Forests, Lae,PNG

1914.

  Sanjappa, M., 1992
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1915.

  Polhill, R, M., 1990
    Legumineuses.In:Flore des Mascareignes,Vol 80.J. Bosser et a

1941.

  Robertson, S.A., 1989
    Flowering Plants of Seychelles. Kew

1946.

  Thothathri, K, 1987
    Taxonomic Revision of the Tribe Dalbergieae in the Indian...

1957.

  Rudd, V.E., 1991
    A Revised Handbook of the Flora of Ceylon 7: 108-381.

2111.

  Ridley, H.N., 1922
    Flora of the Malay Peninsula Vol I

2235.

  Fosberg, F.R. et al., 1979
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2264.

  Parham, J.W., 1972
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2825.

  Walker, E.H., 1976
    Flora of Okinawa and S.Ryukyu islands. Washing.Smithson.Inst

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2968.

  Welsh, S.L., 1998
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  Meijer, W., 1974
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3011.

  Corner, E.J.H, 1952
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  Nair, N.C. & Henry, A.N., 1983
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  Robertson, S.A. & Todd, D.M., 1983
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  Parkinson, C.E., 1923
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  Chen, T.C., 1994
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  Gagnepain, F., 1913
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  Kumar, S., 1997
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