Pterocarpus macrocarpus

Taxobox
name = "Pterocarpus macrocarpus"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Fabales
familia = Fabaceae
subfamilia = Faboideae
tribus = Dalbergieae
genus = "Pterocarpus"
species = "P. macrocarpus"
binomial = "Pterocarpus macrocarpus"
binomial_authority = Kurz
synonyms =
*"Lingoum macrocarpum" (Kurz) O.Ktze.
*"Lingoum cambodianum" Pierre
*"Lingoum glaucinum" Pierre
*"Lingoum gracile" Pierre
*"Lingoum oblongum" Pierre
*"Lingoum parvifolium" Pierre
*"Lingoum pedatum" Pierre
*"Pterocarpus cambodianus" Pierre var. "calcicolus" Craib

"Pterocarpus macrocarpus" (Burma Padauk) is a species of "Pterocarpus" native to southeastern Asia in northeastern India, Burma, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam.International Legume Database & Information Service: [http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?version~10.01&LegumeWeb&genus~Pterocarpus&species~macrocarpus "Pterocarpus macrocarpus"] ] Danida Seed Leaflet: [http://www.sl.kvl.dk/upload/pterocarpus_macrocarpus_int.pdf "Pterocarpus macrocarpus" (pdf file)] ] International Institute of Tropical Forestry: [http://www.rngr.net/Publications/ttsm/Folder.2003-07-11.4726/PDF.2004-03-16.0514/file "Pterocarpus macrocarpus" (pdf file)] ]

It is a medium-sized tree growing to 10–30 m (rarely to 39 m) tall, with a trunk up to 1.7 m diameter; it is dry season-deciduous. The bark is flaky, grey-brown; if cut, it secretes a red gum. The leaves are 20–35 cm long, pinnate, with 9–11 leaflets. The flowers are yellow, produced in racemes 5–9 cm long. The fruit is a pod surrounded by a round wing 4.5–7 cm diameter, containing two or three seeds.

The wood is durable and resistant to termites; it is important, used for furniture, construction timber, cart wheels, tool handles, and posts.

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