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Pterocarpus marsupium (Malabar Kino Tree; Malabar Kino; Indian Kino Tree; Gum Kino)

Synonyms: Lingoum marsupium (homotypic); Pterocarpos marsupius (homotypic)
Language: Sinhala

Wikipedia Abstract

Pterocarpus marsupium, also known as Malabar kino, Indian kino tree or vijayasar, is a medium to large, deciduous tree that can grow up to 30 metres tall. It is native to India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, where it occurs in parts of the Western Ghats in the Karnataka-Kerala region and also in the forests of Central India. It is also known by the names benga, bijiayasal (in western Nepal), piasal (Oriya), venkai, and many others.
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Infraspecies

Pterocarpus marsupium acuminatus
Pterocarpus marsupium marsupium

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Specific Gravity [3]  0.62
Structure [2]  Tree

Predators

Semnopithecus entellus (Hanuman langur)[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Chave J, Coomes D, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Swenson NG, Zanne AE (2009) Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Ecology Letters 12: 351-366. Zanne AE, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Coomes DA, Ilic J, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Miller RB, Swenson NG, Wiemann MC, Chave J (2009) Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Dryad Digital Repository.
♦ 4Feeding and Ranging Patterns of Forest Hanuman Langurs (Presbytis entellus), Paul Newton, International Journal of Primatology, Vol. 13, No. 3, 1992
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0