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Acrocarpus
Sign in to saveAcrocarpus is a genus of trees in the legume family, Fabaceae. It comprises one species, Acrocarpus fraxinifolius, the pink cedar, a large deciduous emergent tree native to Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal and Thailand. Its also known as Balangi or Kurungatti in India.
Species
Pink Cedar
KINGDOM
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumRhodophyta
- ClassFlorideophyceae
- OrderGelidiales
- FamilyGelidiaceae
General: ), the Acrocarpus group (monogeneric), the Sclerolobium group (3 genera
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Acrocarpus is a genus of trees in the legume family, Fabaceae. It comprises one species, Acrocarpus fraxinifolius, the pink cedar, a large deciduous emergent tree native to Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal and Thailand. Its also known as Balangi or Kurungatti in India.
== Uses == The species has been identified as one of the food plants of the endangered lion-tailed macaque during periods of fruit scarcity.
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