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Botanical Name: |
Pterocarpus
marsupium
Roxb.
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| Common Name: |
| Bija, Bijasar, Bijasal, Piasal (Hindi); Peddagi, Yeanga, Yegi (Telegu); Vengai (Tamil); Benga, Honne, Hond (Kannada); Gammala (Cingh). |
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| Origin: |
| Indigenous |
| Distribution: |
| Central and Southern India, chiefly in deciduous forest, extending
north to the hills of Behar, Banda, to the Kumaon Terai, low country of Ceylon.
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| Description: |
| A large deciduous tree. Bark grey with long vertical cracks, exfoliating in small pieces of irregular shape and size. |
| Wood Properties: |
| Wood very hard, close-grained, giving a red resin: sapwood small; heartwood yellowish-brown, with darker streaks. The heartwood is full of resin and stains yellow when damp. |
| Durability: |
| The wood is durable, seasons well and takes a fine polish. |
| Uses: |
| House building (posts, beams, doors, window- frames) furniture,
agricultural implements, railway wagons, carts, shafts, axles, yokes, naves, spokes, felloes, boat building, oars, drums, combs, toys, cooper's work, paving blocks. |
| Wood Infesting Insects: ( Click any one Wood Infesting Insect to view details) |
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Aeolesthes
holosericea
Fabricius
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Synhamitermes
quadericepes
Wasmann
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Sinoxylon
crassum
Lesne
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Clytocera
chinospila
Gahan
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Sinoxylon
indicum
Lesne
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Coptops
aedificator
Fabricius
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| Reference: |
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| Troup,R.S.1986.Indian Woods and their uses , Soni Reprints Agency,Delhi. |
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| http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/biodiversity/database/?q=node/7 |
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| Gamble,J.S. 1972. A Manual of Indian Timbers,Prashant Gahlot at Valley Offset Printers and Publishers,Dehra Dun. |
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