Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 3(2):904. 1802
Verified:
10/28/1988
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
Amboyna-wood – Andaman redwood – Burmese rosewood – Malay padauk – Papua New Guinea rosewood – Philippine-mahogany – India
narra – Japanese Rōmaji
yaeyama-shitan – Swedish
amboinaträd – unknown
angsana –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangdong | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Yunnan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Ryukyu Islands | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Cambodia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Brunei Darussalam | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Papua New Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
1 | Native | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Micronesia | | |
1 | Native | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Palau | | |
1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Solomon Islands | | |
1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Vanuatu | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Guangdong, Yunnan]
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EASTERN ASIA:
Japan [Ryukyu Islands], Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
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INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
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MALESIA:
Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea
Pacific
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NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Micronesia, Palau
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SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Solomon Islands, Vanuatu
Cultivated
()
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | agroforestry | | National Academy of Sciences. Tropical legumes: resources for the future. 1979 |
Environmental | shade/shelter | | National Academy of Sciences. Tropical legumes: resources for the future. 1979 |
Materials | tannin/dyestuff | | Cannon, J. & M. Cannon. Dye plants and dyeing. The Herbert Press & The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 1994 |
Materials | wood | | Soerianegara, I. & R. H. M. J. Lemmens, eds. 1993. Timber trees: major commercial timbers. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 5(1):379. |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=30286.
Accessed 20 September 2024.