Dalbergia latifolia Roxb.
| Kannada Name : | Beete mara |
| Common Name : | Indian rosewood |
| Family Name : | Fabaceae |
| Scientific Name : | Dalbergia latifolia |
| Species Type : | Indigenous |
| Phenology : | Deciduous |
| Conservation Status : | Vulnerable |
| Flowering Period : | December - March |
| Fruiting Period : | January - April |
| Origin : | Indian subcontinent |
Uses
Wood from the tree is used in premium furniture making and cabinetry, guitar bodies and fretboards, Exotic veneers, carvings, boats, skis, and for reforestation. Medicines are made from the tannins in the bark, for diarrhoea, worms, indigestion, and leprosy.
Description
Deciduous tree, up to 25 m high. Bark thick, grey, smooth with irregular cracks, blaze yellow to yellow-brown. Leaves imparipinnate, rarely 1-foliate, alternate, pulvinate; leaflets 3-9, alternate, orbicular, glabrous, coriaceous, base acute or very rarely trunctae, apex obtuse or emarginate, margin entire. Inflorescence axillary panicles. Flowers bisexual, white, 5-6 mm long. Fruit an indehiscent pod, oblong-lanceolate, tip obtuse, up to 7.5 cm; seeds 1-4, reniform and brown.
