Pterocarpus dalbergioides (PROSEA)

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Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Pterocarpus dalbergioides Roxb. ex DC.

Protologue: Prodr. 2: 418 (1825).

Synonyms

• Pterocarpus advenus Baillon (1884).

Vernacular names

• Andaman padauk, Andaman redwood (En).

Distribution

Native to the Andaman Islands. Planted from India to Indonesia and in Madagascar.

Uses

The timber is used as narra.

Observations

• A semi-deciduous, small to medium-sized tree up to 25 m tall, bole straight, cylindrical, up to 90 cm in diameter, buttresses large, branches more or less ascending.
• Leaves 7-18 cm long, the rachis hairy, leaflets 5-9, elliptical to ovate, (4-)6.5-9 cm × (2.5-)3-4.5(-5) cm, reflexed at the top, sparsely hairy below.
• Pod long stipitate, orbicular or suborbicular, 4.5-5.5(-7) cm in diameter, smooth.

P. dalbergioides occurs in the Andaman Islands in mixed deciduous or semi-evergreen forest on well-drained sites up to 100 m altitude. The density of the wood is about 775 kg/m³ at 12% moisture content. See also the table on wood properties.

Selected sources

145, 396, 585, 622, 712.

Main genus page

• Pterocarpus

Authors

• J.P. Rojo (selection of species)