Definition of Pterocarpus macrocarpus

1. Noun. Tree of India and Burma yielding a wood resembling mahogany.

Exact synonyms: Burma Padauk, Burmese Rosewood
Group relationships: Genus Pterocarpus, Pterocarpus
Generic synonyms: Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pterocarpus Macrocarpus

Pteridium esculentum
Pteridophyta
Pteriidae
Pteris
Pteris cretica
Pteris multifida
Pteris serrulata
Pternohyla
Pternohyla fodiens
Pterocarpus
Pterocarpus angolensis
Pterocarpus indicus
Pterocarpus macrocarpus
Pterocarpus marsupium
Pterocarpus santalinus
Pterocarya
Pterocarya fraxinifolia
Pterocles
Pterocles alchata
Pterocles indicus
Pteroclididae
Pterocnemia
Pterocnemia pennata
Pterodactylidae
Pterodactylus
Pterois
Pteropogon humboltianum

Literary usage of Pterocarpus macrocarpus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the International Engineering Congress, 1915 (1916)
"... (15) Lagerstroemia microcarpa, (16) Mesua ferrea, (17) Myristica Irya, (18) Pinus excelsa, (19) Pinus longifolia, (20) pterocarpus macrocarpus, ..."

2. Proceedings of the Session on Tropical Forestry for People of the Pacific edited by C. Eugene Conrad, Leonard A. Newell (1994)
"... grandis and pterocarpus macrocarpus might help improve the use of these species. Research on Pterocarpus has focused on clonal propagation and ..."

3. Indian Forest Utilization by Robert Scott Troup (1907)
"Woods used for this purpose are teak, sal, pterocarpus macrocarpus, Acacia arabica, Careya arborea, ..."

4. Measuring and Monitoring Biodiversity in Tropical and Temperate Forests by Timothy James Butler Boyle, B. Boontawee (1995)
"... and pterocarpus macrocarpus, all had comparable ... dominant species, Pterocarpus macrocarpus (IVI=66.2), whereas in the Dry Dipterocarp forest the ..."

5. The Work of the Forest Department in India by India Forest dept (1917)
"pterocarpus macrocarpus, Kurz. Burma padauk. A large tree -scattered in the mixed forests in several parts of Burma from Bhamo to ..."

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