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Pericopsis mooniana (Nandu Wood)

Synonyms: Dalbergia lanceolaria (heterotypic); Dalbergia mooniana; Derris ponapensis (homotypic); Ormosia villamilii; Pericopsis ponapensis
Language: Sinhala

Wikipedia Abstract

Pericopsis mooniana, the nandu wood or nedun tree, is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Micronesia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka. It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Pericopsis mooniana

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Pericopsis mooniana

Attributes

Janka Hardness [1]  1560 lbf (708 kgf) Medium
Specific Gravity [2]  0.699

Predators

Polyphagozerra coffeae[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
♦ 2Chave 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.
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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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