Pterocarpus indicus

Also known as Burmese rosewood, Amboyna wood, Malay padauk, Papua New Guinea rosewood

species of plant

Species

Endangered

SPECIES

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderFabales
FamilyFabaceae

Native toBismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Myanmar

Observations recorded3,569

Der Narrabaum (Pterocarpus indicus) ist eine Pflanzenart aus der Gattung Pterocarpus in der Unterfamilie der Schmetterlingsblütler (Faboideae). Die Baumart ist im tropischen Asien und auf den pazifischen Inseln beheimatet.

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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.