English > Pterocarpus: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | genus of tropical trees or climbers having usually broadly winged pods. |
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| Synonym | genus Pterocarpus |
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| Member of | Papilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae | Alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae |
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| Members | Burma padauk, Burmese rosewood, Pterocarpus macrocarpus | Tree of India and Burma yielding a wood resembling mahogany |
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| bloodwood tree, kiaat, Pterocarpus angolensis | deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers |
| kino, Pterocarpus marsupium | East Indian tree yielding a resin or extract often used medicinally and in e.g. tanning |
| padauk, padouk, amboyna, Pterocarpus indicus | Tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain |
| red sandalwood, red sanders, red sanderswood, red saunders, Pterocarpus santalinus | Tree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant timber prized for cabinetwork / cabinetwork and dark red heartwood used as a dyewood |
| Broader | rosid dicot genus | A genus of dicotyledonous plants |
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| Spanish | genus pterocarpus, pterocarpus |
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| Catalan | genus pterocarpus, pterocarpus |
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