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Angsana or sonokembang (pterocarpus indicus) is a kind of high-quality timber-producing trees of the tribe of Fabaceae (=Leguminosae, legumes). The wood is hard, reddish, and quite heavy, which in the trade are classified as Narra or rosewood.
In various regions, angsana known by similar names: Asante(Aceh); sena, sona, hasona (Batak), asana, there, langsano,lansano (Min.); angsana, babaksana (Btw.); there flowers (Jw.,Md..). But also, nara (Bima, Ceram), nar, na, na ai (Tim.), nala(Ceram, Haruku), lana (Buru), lala, lalan (Amb.), ligua (Ternate,Tidore, Halm.) , linggua (Maluku) and others.
The name in other countries, among them: apalit (Philippines),pradu (Thailand), chan deng (Laos), padauk, sena, ansanah(Burma), Malay padauk, red sandalwood, amboyna (English),and the Santal rouge, amboine (French)
Description:
Tree, height 10-40 m. End of the branch-haired.
Leaveslanceolate forms the fulcrum, the length of 1-2 cm.
Leavesalternate. Leaflets 5-13, oval elongated, tapered, blunt, shinyonce, 4-10 times from 2.5 to 5 cm; child stalk lk 0.5 to 1.5 cm.
Bunches of flowers at the tip and sit in the armpits, little or notbranched, brown-haired, blooming lot, 7-11 cm long; childrenstems from 0.5 to 1.5 cm; flowers are very fragrant. Calyx bell-shaped to form a tube, 5-toothed, lk 7 mm high. Orange-yellowcrown.
Hoofed petals; field flag Iingkaran or ovoid shape upside down, pleated strong, curved back, diameter approximately 1 cm;keel shorter than wings, pale. Will bushy-haired fruit, short-stemmed, 2-6 ovule.
Stemmed leguminous above the rest of thepetals, nearly round the circle, with a beak on the side, onceflattened, winged around, do not open, midline ca. 5 cm, on themother's bone yarig Iebar with thick leaves.
Seeds mostly 1.Often planted; 100-800 m.
Note: The wood has good color and quality of all; used as building materials and wood furniture. In Maluku this tree produces "wood root" (wortelhout) is good. His skin was used as a drug; in the tree alive rnengandung blood redliquid. Parts used Bark, sap (resin) and young leaves.
Ecology and distribution
Unlike other members of the clan pterocarpus, who liked thetemperate region, angsana like tropical rain forest environment.Naturally, this tree is found from southern Burma, throughSoutheast Asia and the Pacific Islands archipelago to the west,including in southern China, Kep. Ryukyu, and Kep. Solomon.
In Java, in the past, many found growing scattered in the foreststo a height of 500m above sea level., Especially in Central Java and East Java. In Kalimantan, found growing wild in coastal marshes, along the tidal river. The fruit is old and dry, spread bywind, water flow and ocean currents.
Angsana people usually planted for various purposes. This tree iseasily propagated by seeds or by cuttings of branches andbranches. Now angsana also has spread widely through Africa,India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Okinawa, Hawaii and Central America
Ecology and distribution
Unlike other members of the clan pterocarpus, who liked thetemperate region, angsana like tropical rain forest environment.Naturally, this tree is found from southern Burma, throughSoutheast Asia and the Pacific Islands archipelago to the west,including in southern China, Kep. Ryukyu, and Kep. Solomon. [6]
In Java, in the past, many found growing scattered in the foreststo a height of 500m above sea level., Especially in Central Java and East Java. In Kalimantan, found growing wild in coastal marshes, along the tidal river. The fruit is old and dry, spread bywind, water flow and ocean currents. [4]
Angsana people usually planted for various purposes. This tree iseasily propagated by seeds or by cuttings of branches andbranches. Now angsana also has spread widely through Africa,India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Okinawa, Hawaii and Central America
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