HyperDic: genus_pterocarpus

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Pterocarpus:
NOUNplantgenus Pterocarpus, Pterocarpusgenus of tropical trees or climbers having usually broadly winged pods
English > genus Pterocarpus: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninggenus of tropical trees or climbers having usually broadly winged pods.
SynonymPterocarpus
Member ofPapilionoideae, subfamily PapilionoideaeAlternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae
MembersBurma padauk, Burmese rosewood, Pterocarpus macrocarpusTree of India and Burma yielding a wood resembling mahogany
bloodwood tree, kiaat, Pterocarpus angolensisdeciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers
kino, Pterocarpus marsupiumEast Indian tree yielding a resin or extract often used medicinally and in e.g. tanning
padauk, padouk, amboyna, Pterocarpus indicusTree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain
red sandalwood, red sanders, red sanderswood, red saunders, Pterocarpus santalinusTree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant timber prized for cabinetwork / cabinetwork and dark red heartwood used as a dyewood
Broaderrosid dicot genusA genus of dicotyledonous plants
Spanishgenus pterocarpus, pterocarpus
Catalangenus pterocarpus, pterocarpus

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