Pterocarpus
Genus in the Global Pollen Project's Master Reference Collection
Distribution
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Pterocarpus
Wood of P. officinalis Pterocarpus is a pantropical genus of trees in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Pterocarpus clade within the Dalbergieae. Most species of Pterocarpus yield valuable timber traded as padauk (or padouk); other common names are mukwa or narra. P. santalinus also yields the most precious red sanda... © Wikipedia authors and editors (licence)
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- Parent Taxon
- Leguminosae
- Taxonomic Completion
4.55%
3 of 66 accepted Species- Global Pollen Project UUID
- 849fba0e-59b5-49b6-b227-d49ace339829
- Botanical Reference
- None available. You can check The Plant List for further information.
Connected data sources
This taxon is currently linked to the following locations.
The Plant ListGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility