Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pterocarpus indicus Willd. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
amboinaträd	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
amboyna wood	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amboyna-wood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
andaman honne	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
andaman redwood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
angsana	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ansenna	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
asana	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
burmese new guinea rosewood	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
burmese rosewood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cendana janggi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chendana janggi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
erravegisa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gandamrigamnettura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gandamrygapunetturu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gandhamriga punetturu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hane	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
honne	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
huáng bǎi mù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
huā l锟斤拷 mù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kino tree	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
malay padauk	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
malay paduak	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
narra	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
new guinea rosewood	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
padooku mara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
papua new guinea rosewood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pashu padauk	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
philippine mahogany	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
philippine-mahogany	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
prickly padauk	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
qīng lóng mù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
red sandal-wood	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
red sandalwood	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
red sanders	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sana	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sana kapur	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sana kembang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
seemaganda mrigapuneetturu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sena	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
simagandamriganetturu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
simagandamryganetturu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wal ehela	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
yaeyama-shitan	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
yǔ yè tán	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
zǐ tán	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
紫檀	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
羽叶檀	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
花榈木	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
青龙木	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
黄柏木	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
sap from bark		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 20 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Pterocarpus flavus Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 431 (1790).
Pterocarpus santalinus Blanco Fl. Filip.: 561 (1837), nom. illeg.
Echinodiscus echinatus (Pers.) Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 137 (1855).
Lingoum echinatum (Pers.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 193 (1891).
Lingoum indicum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 193 (1891).
Malaparius flavus (Lour.) Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 1082 (1858).
Pterocarpus blancoi Merr. Publ. Bur. Sci. Gov. Lab. 6: 7 (1904).
Pterocarpus carolinensis Kaneh. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 49: 352 (1935).
Pterocarpus casteelsii var. ealaensis Hauman Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 24: 225 (1954).
Pterocarpus echinatus Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 277 (1807).
Pterocarpus indicus f. echinatus (Pers.) Rojo Phanerog. Monogr. 5: 46 (1972).
Pterocarpus klemmei Merr. Philipp. J. Sci. 1(Suppl.): 198 (1906).
Pterocarpus luteus Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 4: 610 (1816), nom. superfl.
Pterocarpus obtusatus Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 136 (1855).
Pterocarpus pallidus Blanco Fl. Filip.: 560 (1837).
Pterocarpus papuana F.Muell. Australas. J. Pharm. 1: 123 (1886).
Pterocarpus pubescens Merr. Philipp. J. Sci., C 12: 271 (1917), nom. illeg.
Pterocarpus saxatilis Backer Schoolfl. Java: 388 (1911), pro syn.
Pterocarpus wallichii Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 267 (1834).
Pterocarpus zollingeri Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 136 (1855).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Pterocarpu santalinus	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Pterocarpum indicus Willd.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Pterocarpus flavus Lour.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Pterocarpus indica	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Pterocarpus indicus	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Pterocarpus indicus Willd.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Pterocarpus indicus Willdenow	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Pterocarpus santalinus	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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