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Dalbergia nigra (Vell.)Benth.

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HIGHER TAXON: Dalbergieae

GENUS: Dalbergia L.f.

Dalbergia nigra (Vell.)Benth. [Preferred name]
    Drepanocarpus microphyllus Wawra {Synonym}
    Miscolobium nigrum Allemao {Synonym}
    Pterocarpus niger Vell. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Brazilian Rosewood [3145]; Caviuna [3145]; Jacaranda-caviuna [3145]; Jacaranda-da-bahia [1414]; Jacaranda-da-baia [3145]; Jacaranda-negro [1414]; Jacaranda-preto [1414, 3145]; Jacaranda-roxo [3145]; Palisandre [3145]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  South America
Brazil (N) [1103, 1414, 3145]; Bahia [1414, 3145]; Espirito Santo [2262]; Minas Gerais [3145]; Rio De Janeiro [2262]; Sao Paulo [3145]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1414, 2262] ; Distribution Map [2262] ; Illustration [2262, 2288]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Endangered [2414] ; Habit: Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 1993-12 Cavalcante de Lima H, 1995 Heald J, 2000-02 Heald J

  
USES:
  Chemical products [2262]; Environmental [2262, 3145]; Wood [2262, 3145]

  
NOTES:
  commercial exploitation and which are therefore banned from trade [2414]
  Reported to produce Brazil's most valuable timber. [1414]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1103.

  Barroso, G.M., 1965
    Arq.Jard.Bot.Rio de Janeiro 18:109-177 Leguminosas-Guanabara

1414.

  Lewis, G.P., 1987
    Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 369 pp Legumes of Bahia

2262.

  Carvalho, A.M.V.de, 1989
    Syst.stud..Dalbergia in Brazil Phd thesis,Univ.Reading

2288.

  Hoehne, F.C., 1941
    Flora Brasilica 25(3):1-100, t.1-107

2414.

  Akeroyd, J. et al., 1994
    A CITES Manual for Botanic Gardens. BGCI

3145.

  Carvalho, A.M.de, 1997
    Brittonia 49(1):87-109 Synopsis of genus Dalbergia in Brazil

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