PTEROCARPUS INDICUS. (Nat. ord. Leguminosse.) 



For Gen. Char, see under " Pterocarpus marsupium." 



PXEROOARPUS INDICUS. (Willd.) A tree of considerable size, trunk straight, bark tolerably smooth ash-colored, 

 leaves alternate unequally pinnate 6-15 inches long, leaflets 7-9 (rarely nnre) ovate acuminate firm and polished on both sides, alternate 

 short petiole J from 2 to i inches long by 1^ to 2 broad, rasemss axillary at the apes of the branchlets and forming a terminal panicle 

 flowers numerous yellow fragrant, stamens 10 monadelphous at length isadelphous (5-5) (the vexillum-stamen rarely free) legume stipitate 

 obliquely suborbicular style lateral, seeds 1-2. Boxb. FL Lid. iii. 233 ;— WMd. El. Sp'. iii. 904 ;— Pfcerocarpus dalbergioides, Boxb. 

 Fl. Ini. iii. 236 ;— Poerosarpus Wallichii and P. dalbergioides, Wight and Arnt. Prod- p. 267.— (Pterocarpus flavus, Lour, and P. 

 obtusatus, Mig. Fl. Fed. Ind. i. p. 136, both probably belong to this species.) 



A very hzndso netree, said to be indigenous to Southern India, butlhxve never met with it wild; it is cultivated in gardens and is well 

 disi'-vinj of entente i eiiltiv ttion ; it is crmnm in Birmah, where it is called PeAowk, and in the Andxmans, where it is known as redwood; it is 

 alsojouni in ililaeaz, Penxnj, Sitmxtra, Java, Philippine Islanis, and South China,. It yields a valuable red-colored beautiful timber, which is 

 mush used in thi ffiin-cxrri ige Mxnuf actor ies in Ma Iras and Bengal. Dr. Brandis says that the wood is prized above all others in Birmah for 

 can wheels ; thi trees are felled green and split up into short planks Zfeet 6 inches long by 2 feet viide and 9 inches thick; three of these pieces 

 make one wheel, and a pair are sold in the forests from 12 to 25 Es. 



The wood is used for furniture, and by the Birmssefov musical instruments ; it weighs about 60 lbs, the cubic foot. 











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