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'''''Dalbergia latifolia''''' (synonym '''''Dalbergia emarginata''''') is a premier [[lumber|timber]] species, also known as the '''Indian Rosewood'''. It is native to low-elevation [[Monsoon Forest|tropical monsoon forests]] of south east [[India]].<ref name=Agroforestry>{{Citation |
'''''Dalbergia latifolia''''' (synonym '''''Dalbergia emarginata''''') is a premier [[lumber|timber]] species, also known as the '''Indian Rosewood'''. It is native to low-elevation [[Monsoon Forest|tropical monsoon forests]] of south east [[India]].<ref name=Agroforestry>{{Citation|last=World Agroforestry Centre |first= |author-link= |last2= |first2= |author2-link= |title=Agroforestry Tree Database |url=http://www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/sea/Products/AFDbases/af/asp/SpeciesInfo.asp?SpID=1726 |accessdate=2011-03-21 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309132543/http://www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/sea/Products/AFDbases/af/asp/SpeciesInfo.asp?SpID=1726 |archivedate=2012-03-09 |df= }}</ref><ref name=IUCN>{{Citation | last = | first = | author-link = | last2 = | first2 = | author2-link = | title = IUCN Redlist Dalbergia latifolia | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/32098/0 | accessdate = }}</ref> Some common names in English include '''Rosewood''', '''Bombay blackwood''', ''' Roseta rosewood''', '''East Indian rosewood''', '''Reddish-brown rosewood''', '''Indian palisandre''', and '''Java palisandre'''.<ref name=Agroforestry /><ref name=IUCN /> Its Indian common names are '''beete''', and '''satisal'''.<ref name=Agroforestry /> The tree grows to 40 metres in height and is evergreen, but locally deciduous in drier subpopulations.<ref name=Agroforestry /><ref name=IUCN /> |
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==Description and biology== |
==Description and biology== |
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Dalbergia latifolia (synonym Dalbergia emarginata) is a premier timber species, also known as the Indian Rosewood. It is native to low-elevation tropical monsoon forests of south east India.[2][3] Some common names in English include Rosewood, Bombay blackwood, Roseta rosewood, East Indian rosewood, Reddish-brown rosewood, Indian palisandre, and Java palisandre.[2][3] Its Indian common names are beete, and satisal.[2] The tree grows to 40 metres in height and is evergreen, but locally deciduous in drier subpopulations.[2][3]
Description and biology
The tree has grey bark that peels in long fibres, pinnately compound leaves, and bunches of small white flowers.[2] It grows as both an evergreen and a deciduous tree in the deciduous monsoon forests of India making the tree very drought hardy.
Haematonectria haematococca is a fungal pest of the tree, causing damage to the leaves and the heartwood in Javanese plantations.[4] In India, trees may be subject to serious damage from a species of Phytophthora, a water mold genus.[4]
Germplasm resources for D. latifolia are maintained by the Kerala Forest Research Institute in Thrissur, Kerala, India.[4]
Uses
The tree produces a hard, durable, heavy wood that, when properly cured, is durable and resistant to rot and insects.[4] It is grown as a plantation wood in both India and Java, often in dense, single species groves, to produce its highly desirable long straight bore.[4] Wood from the tree is used in premium furniture making and cabinetry, in guitar bodies, as furniture, exotic veneer, carvings, boats, skis, and for reforestation.[2][4]
Under the Indian Forest Act, 1927 the exportation of lumber products from wild harvested D. latifolia is illegal.[3] There exists an international high demand and price for the wood due to its excellent qualities of having a long straight bore, its strength, and its high density.[4] However, the tree is slow-growing; Javanese plantations were started in the late nineteenth century, but, due to its slow growth, plantations have not expanded beyond Java and India.[4] Many once popular uses for D. latifolia wood have now been replaced with Dalbergia sissoo wood and engineered rosewood's, for economic purposes in cottage industries.
See also
References
- ^ The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved 12 December 2015
- ^ a b c d e f World Agroforestry Centre, Agroforestry Tree Database, archived from the original on 2012-03-09, retrieved 2011-03-21
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- ^ a b c d e f g h Louppe, D.; A A Oteng-Amoaka (2008). Plant resources of tropical Africa. Vol. 7(1). PROTA Foundation. ISBN 978-90-5782-209-4. Retrieved 2011-03-21.
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