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Pterocarpus indicus
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Rosids
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Fabaceae
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Genus:
Pterocarpus
Species:
P. indicus
Binomial name
Pterocarpus indicus
Willd.
Synonyms[2]
List
Echinodiscus echinatus Miq.
Lingoum echinatum (Pers.) Kuntze
Lingoum indicum (Willd.) Kuntze
Lingoum rubrum Rumph.
Lingoum saxatile Rumph.
Lingoum wallichii Pierre
Pterocarpus blancoi Merr.
Pterocarpus carolinensis Kaneh.
Pterocarpus echinata Pers.
Pterocarpus indica Willd. [Spelling variant]
Pterocarpus klemmei Merr.
Pterocarpus obtusatus Miq.
Pterocarpus pallidus Blanco
Pterocarpus papuana F. Muell.
Pterocarpus papuanus F.Muell.
Pterocarpus pubescens Merr.
Pterocarpus vidalianus Rolfe
Pterocarpus wallichii Wight & Arn.
Pterocarpus zollingeri Miq.
Pterocarpus indicus (commonly known as Amboyna wood, Malay padauk, Papua New Guinea rosewood, Philippine mahogany, Andaman redwood, Burmese rosewood, narra[3] (from Tagalog[4]) and asana in the Philippines, angsana, or Pashu padauk) is a species of Pterocarpus native to southeastern Asia, northern Australasia, and the western Pacific Ocean islands, in Cambodia, southernmost China, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia,[5] Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the Ryukyu Islands, the Solomon Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam.[6]
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.[7]
Many populations of Pterocarpus indicus are seriously threatened. It is extinct in Vietnam and possibly in Sri Lanka and Peninsular Malaysia.[1] It was declared the national tree of the Philippines in 1934 by Governor-General Frank Murphy of the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands through Proclamation No. 652.[8]
^ abBarstow, M. (2018). "Pterocarpus indicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T33241A2835450. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T33241A2835450.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^"Pterocarpus indicus Willd". The World Flora Online. World Flora Consortium. 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
^"Pterocarpus indicus". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
^Merrill, Elmer Drew (1903). A dictionary of the plant names of the Philippine Islands. Manila: Bureau of Public Printing, Department of The Interior. p. 179 – via University of Michigan Digital Collections.
^Gardner, Simon; Sidisunthorn, Pindar; Ee, Lai (2011). Heritage Trees of Penang. Penang, Malaysia: Areca Books. ISBN 978-967-57190-6-6. [page needed]
^"Pterocarpus indicus". International Legume Database & Information Service. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011.
^Muyskens, M.; Ed Vitz (2006). "The Fluorescence of Lignum nephriticum: A Flash Back to the Past and a Simple Demonstration of Natural Substance Fluorescence". Journal of Chemical Education. 83 (5): 765. Bibcode:2006JChEd..83..765M. doi:10.1021/ed083p765.
^Pangilinan, Leon Jr. (3 October 2014). "In Focus: 9 Facts You May Not Know About Philippine National Symbols". National Commission for Culture and the Arts. Archived from the original on 26 November 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
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