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Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb.

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HIGHER TAXON: Dalbergieae

GENUS: Pterocarpus Jacq.

Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb. [Preferred name]

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Gammalu [1957]; Gan-malu [1957]; Gum Kino [1946]; Indian Kino Tree [3625]; Malabar Kino [1902]; Malabar Kino Tree [3625]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
India (N) [1914, 1946, 3366]; Andhra Pradesh [1946]; Bihar [1946]; Goa [3366]; Gujarat [1946]; Karnataka [1946]; Kerala [1946]; Madhaya Pradesh [1946]; Maharashtra [1946]; Orissa [1946]; Rajasthan [1946]; Tamil Nadu [1946]; Uttar Pradesh [1946]; West Bengal [1946]; Nepal (N) [3369]; Sri Lanka (N) [1957]; Taiwan (I) [1929]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (I) [3402]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [215, 1929, 1946, 1957, 3386, 3402] ; Distribution Map [1946] ; Illustration [3386]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3402] ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Tree [3402] ; Lifespan: Perennial [3402] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1992/1993 Cavalcante de Lima H ; Source(s): 1992 (Phytochem.) Southon I & Bowes I, 1993 Polhill RM, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
USES:
  Environmental [3402]; Medicine [1946, 1957]; Wood [1946, 1957]

  
NOTES:
  In gardens; not collectind in Madagascar since 1850. [3402]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

215.

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

1902.

  Terrell, E.E., 1977
    Checklist of Names for 3,000 Vas.Pl... Agric.Handbook No.505

1914.

  Sanjappa, M., 1992
    Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...

1929.

  Huang, T.C. & Ohashi, H., 1977
    In:Li,H.L. et al.(Eds.) Flora of Taiwan, Vol.3:148-421.

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.

3366.

  Sanjappa, M., 2000
    Checklist of the Leguminosae in South Asia. Typescript

3369.

  Shrestha, K.K., 1998
    Revised checklist of the Legumes of Nepal (manuscript)

3386.

  Pullaiah, T. & Ramamurthy, K.S., 2001
    Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol.2

3402.

  Du Puy, D.J. et al., 2002
    The Leguminosae of Madagascar. RBG Kew.

3625.

  Caius, J.F., 1989
    The medicinal & poisonous Legumes of India. Jodhpur.

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