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Pterocarpus marsupium (andaman redwood)
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Top of pageIdentity
Top of pagePreferred Scientific Name
- Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb.
Preferred Common Name
- andaman redwood
Other Scientific Names
- Lingoum marsupium (Roxb.) Kuntze
- Pterocarpus bilobus Roxb. ex G. Don
International Common Names
- English: bastard teak; Indian kino tree; kino tree; malabar kino tree
Local Common Names
- India: angana; asan; asana; bange; bibla; bija; bijasal; bijasar; biyo; byasa; dhorbenla; hiradakhan; honne; peddagi; pirasaram; pisal; pitasara; pitshal; venga; vengai; yegi
- Malaysia/Peninsular Malaysia: angana
- Sri Lanka: gammalu; gan-malu; leweralla; utera-venkai; venkai
Trade name
- bijasal
Taxonomic Tree
Top of page- Domain: Eukaryota
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum: Spermatophyta
- Subphylum: Angiospermae
- Class: Dicotyledonae
- Order: Fabales
- Family: Fabaceae
- Subfamily: Faboideae
- Genus: Pterocarpus
- Species: Pterocarpus marsupium
List of Pests
Top of pageMinor host of:
Clanis bilineata (soyabean hawkmoth)Wild host of:
Trirachys holosericeus (apple stem borer)Uses List
Top of pageAnimal feed, fodder, forage
- Fodder/animal feed
Environmental
- Agroforestry
- Revegetation
- Shade and shelter
- Soil improvement
Fuels
- Charcoal
- Fuelwood
General
- Ornamental
Human food and beverage
- Honey/honey flora
Materials
- Carved material
- Dye/tanning
- Essential oils
- Gum/resin
- Miscellaneous materials
- Wood/timber
Medicinal, pharmaceutical
- Source of medicine/pharmaceutical
- Traditional/folklore
Wood Products
Top of pageBoats
Charcoal
Containers
- Cases
Furniture
Railway sleepers
Roundwood
- Building poles
- Pit props
- Transmission poles
Sawn or hewn building timbers
- Beams
- Bridges
- Carpentry/joinery (exterior/interior)
- Engineering structures
- For heavy construction
- For light construction
- Wall panelling
Wood-based materials
- Plywood
Woodware
- Industrial and domestic woodware
- Tool handles
- Wood carvings