Pterocarpus macrocarpus

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Burma padauk
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Pterocarpus
Species:
P. macrocarpus
Binomial name
Pterocarpus macrocarpus
Synonyms[3][2]
List
  • Pterocarpus glaucinus (Kurz) Kuntze
  • (Pierre) Dyer Lingoum cambodianum
  • Pierre Lingoum glaucinum
  • Pierre Lingoum gracile
  • Pierre Pierre
  • Pierre Pierre
  • (Pierre) Dyer (Pierre) Gagnep.
  • (Pierre) Gagnep. (Pierre) Dyer
  • Craib (Pierre) Dyer
  • Pterocarpus gracilis var. nitidus Pterocarpus pedatus
  • Pterocarpus cambodianus var. calcicola Pterocarpus cambodianus var. gracilis
  • Pterocarpus cambodianus var. parvifolius Pterocarpus gracilis
  • Craib (Pierre) Dyer
  • Lingoum oblongum Lingoum parvifolium
  • Lingoum pedatum Pterocarpus cambodianus
  • Craib (Pierre) Gagnep.
  • (Pierre) Gagnep. (Pierre) Dyer
  • (Pierre) Gagnep. Pterocarpus oblongus
  • Pterocarpus parvifolius Pterocarpus macrocarpus var. oblongus
  • Lingoum macrocarpum Pterocarpus cambodianus var. glaucinus
  • Pterocarpus cambodianus var. oblongus Pterocarpus gracilis var. brevipes

Pterocarpus macrocarpus, or Burma padauk,[4] is a species of tree in the family Fabaceae.[3][5] It is native to the seasonal tropical forests of southeastern Asia: in Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam.[2][6][7] It has been naturalized in India and the Caribbean.[6]

Description

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Pterocarpus macrocarpus 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 deciduous in the dry season. The bark is flaky, grey-brown; if cut, it secretes a red gum. The leaves are 200–350 mm long, pinnate, with 9–11 leaflets. The flowers are yellow, produced in racemes 50–90 mm long. The fruit is a pod surrounded by a round wing 45–70 mm diameter, containing two or three seeds.[6][7]

The wood is durable and resistant to termites; it is important, used for furniture, construction timber, cart wheels, tool handles, and posts;[7] though not a true rosewood it is sometimes traded as such. The seasonal padauk flowers bloom annually around Thingyan (April) and is considered one of the national symbols[8] of Myanmar (formerly Burma).

References

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