About Burmese-Rosewood
Pterocarpus indicus (commonly known as Amboyna wood, Malay padauk, Papua New Guinea rosewood, Philippine mahogany, Andaman redwood, Burmese rosewood, narra (from Tagalog) and asana in the Philippines, angsana, or Pashu padauk) is a species of Pterocarpus in the family Fabaceae native to southeastern Asia, northern Australasia, and the western Pacific Ocean islands, in Cambodia, southernmost China, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the Ryukyu Islands, the Solomon Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam. Pterocarpus indicus was one of two species (the other being Eysenhardtia polystachya) used as a source for the 16th- to 18th-century traditional diuretic known as lignum nephriticum.
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Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Pterocarpus indicus
- Genus
- Pterocarpus
- Family
- FABACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Distribution
- Southeast Asia
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-January
- Conservation status
- EN
Local Names
- Hindi
- narra
- Tamil
- Asana
- Malayalam
- തകരമരം
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Burmese-Rosewood belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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