Pterocarpus officinalis
Appearance
Pterocarpus officinalis | |
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Stand, with leaves visible on younger specimens | |
Wound showing "dragon's blood" sap | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Pterocarpus |
Species: | P. officinalis
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Binomial name | |
Pterocarpus officinalis | |
Synonyms[2] | |
List
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Pterocarpus officinalis, the dragonsblood tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to southern Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America.[2][3] It is typically found in coastal freshwater or slightly brackish habitats, in association with mangroves that occupy the more saline areas.[4] Its timber is commercially traded.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Barstow, M.; Klitgård, B.B. (2018). "Pterocarpus officinalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T62027812A62027814. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T62027812A62027814.en. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Pterocarpus officinalis Jacq". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. "Pterocarpus officinalis Jacq". gbif.org. GBIF Secretariat. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ Migeot, Jonathan; Imbert, Daniel (2012). "Phenology and production of litter in a Pterocarpus officinalis (Jacq.) swamp forest of Guadeloupe (Lesser Antilles)". Aquatic Botany. 101: 18–27. doi:10.1016/j.aquabot.2012.03.012.
- ^ Mark, Jennifer; Newton, Adrian C.; Oldfield, Sara; Rivers, Malin (November 2014). "The International Timber Trade: A Working List of Commercial Timber Tree Species" (PDF). bournemouth.ac.uk. Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Pterocarpus
- Flora of Southwestern Mexico
- Flora of Veracruz
- Flora of Southeastern Mexico
- Flora of Central America
- Flora of the Caribbean
- Flora of northern South America
- Flora of Ecuador
- Flora of Colombia
- Flora of North Brazil
- Flora of Northeast Brazil
- Plants described in 1763
- Dalbergieae stubs