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Dalbergia
latifolia Roxb.
Synonym : Dalbergia emarginata Roxb.
Family
: Papilionoideae
Local Names
: Eeti, East Indian rosewood,
Malabar rosewood
Flowering
and fruiting period:
August – September
Distribution: Indo-Malaysia
Habitat: Dry and moist deciduous forests, also in the
plains
IUCN
status:
Vulnerable
Endemic:
No
Uses: Tannins extracted
from the bark are used to treat diarrhoea and indigestion. Timber used to make
furniture, veneers, musical instruments, boat keels and joinery. Due to its
nitrogen-fixing properties, the foliage is usually nitrogen-rich and is used as
mulch or fodder. This species is usually planted with crops like rice, maize,
beans, coffee and ginger.
Key
Characters:
Deciduous trees, to 25 m high, bark
grey, smooth with short irregular cracks. Leaves imparipinnate; lamina
orbicular, margin entire, glabrous. Flowers bisexual, white, in short corymbose
panicles from the axils of fallen
