Dalbergia melanoxylon

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Common Names

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Description

Family Fabaceae

The Fabaceae are herbs, vines , shrubs , trees , and lianas found in both temperate and tropical areas. They comprise one of the largest families of flowering plants , numbering 630 genera and 18,000 species. The leaves are stipulate , nearly always alternate, and range from bipinnately or palmately compound to simple . The petiole base is commonly enlarged into a pulvinus that commonly functions in orientation of the leaves (sometimes very responsively, as in the sensitive plant, Mimosa pudica). The flowers are usually bisexual , actinomorphic to zygomorphic, slightly to strongly perigynous, and commonly in racemes , spikes, or heads . The perianth commonly consists of a calyx and corolla of 5 segments each. The androecium consists of commonly 1- many stamens (most commonly 10), distinct or variously united , sometimes some of them reduced to staminodes. The pistil is simple, often stipitate , comprising a single style and stigma, and a superior ovary with one locule containing 2-many marginal ovules. The fruit is usually a legume, sometimes a samara, loment, follicle, indehiscent pod, achene, drupe, or berry. The seeds often have a hard coat with hourglass-shaped cells , and sometimes bear a u-shaped line called a pleurogram. [Carr]

Subfamily Faboideae

Mostly herbs, shrubs , or trees . Leaves pinnate or palmate to trifoliolate or apparently simple . Corolla usually, showy, zygomorphic, the petals imbricate, posterior (upper or banner ) petal outermost in bud. Stamens 10 or 9 + 1 (diadelphous ), not showy. Pollen released in monads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) lacking. [Carr]

Genus Dalbergia

Trees and shrubs . Leaves imparipinnate rarely unifoliolate , lateral leaflets alternate, exstipellate. Inflorescence a terminal or axillary cyme or panicle. Bract and bracteoles small. Calyx campanulate , teeth unequal. Vexillum ovate or orbicular . Keel petals united at the tip . Stamens 9 or 10, monadelphous or diadelphous . Ovary stipitate , ovules 1 to few, style incurved , glabrous , stigma capitate. Fruit samaroid , indehiscent, not winged , 1-4-seeded. Seed reniform , compressed .

A genus with about 300 species, mainly distributed in tropics and subtropics.[1]

Physical Description

Habitat

Ecology: This species occurs in a range of woodland habitats .[2]

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Amerimnon melanoxylon (Guill. & Perr.)kuntze
2. Amerimnon stocksii (Benth.)kuntze
3. Dalbergia stocksii Benth.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: –

Place of publication : A. Guillemin et al. , Fl. Seneg. tent. 1:227, t. 53. 1832

Name verified on 26-Nov-1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 09-Aug-2004

Similar Species

Members of the genus Dalbergia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 485 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

D. abbreviata · D. abrahamii (Rosewood) · D. acaciaefolia · D. acariaeantha · D. acariiantha · D. acuminata · D. acuta · D. acutifoliolata · D. adami · D. adamii · D. afzeliana · D. afzelii · D. ajudana · D. alata · D. albertisii · D. albiflora · D. albiflora albiflora · D. albiflora echinocarpa · D. altissima · D. amazonica · D. ambongoensis · D. amerimnum · D. andapensis · D. annamensis · D. arbutifolia · D. arbutifolia aberrans · D. arbutifolia arbutifolia · D. armata · D. assamica · D. aurea · D. bakeri · D. balansae · D. barclayi · D. bariensis (Burmese Rosewood) · D. baroni · D. baronii (Palissandre Rouge Des Marais) · D. bathiei · D. beccarii · D. beddomei · D. benthamii · D. berteroi · D. bignonae · D. bintuluensis · D. blumei · D. boehmii · D. boehmii boehmii · D. boehmii stuhlmannii · D. boinensis · D. bojeri · D. boniana · D. borneensis · D. brachystachya · D. bracteata · D. bracteolata · D. brasiliensis (Caroba-Brava) · D. brevicaudata · D. brownei (Brown´s Indian Rosewood) · D. brownii · D. burmanica · D. calderonii · D. calderonii var. calderonii · D. calderonii var. molinae · D. calycina (Granadillo) · D. cambodiana · D. campechiana · D. campenonii · D. cana · D. candenatensis (Dalbergia) · D. canescens · D. capuronii · D. carringtoniana · D. catingicola (Jacarand) · D. catipenonii · D. caudata · D. cearensis (Jacarand -Cega-Machado) · D. championii · D. chapelieri · D. chlorocarpa · D. chontalensis · D. cibix · D. clarkei · D. cloiselii · D. cochinchinenis · D. cochinchinensis (Thailand Rosewood) · D. commiphoroides · D. confertiflora · D. confertiflora var. confertiflora · D. confertiflora var. listeri · D. congensis · D. congesta · D. congestiflora · D. coromandeliana · D. crispa · D. cubilquitzensis (Granadillo) · D. cucullata · D. cuiabensis · D. cultrata (Burma Blackwood) · D. cultrata var. cultrata (Burma Blackwood) · D. cultrata var. maymyensis · D. cultrata var. pallida

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Further Reading

• Anglo-russkii biologicheskii slovar' / [avtory, I. N. Afanas'eva et al.; spetsial'nye nauch. redaktory, O. I. Chibisova i L. A. Koziar]. Moskva: Russkii iazyk, 1979. ENG url p. 204, p. 81.
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• Beentje, H.J. 1994. Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas. National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya.
• Berhaut, J. 1971. Flore Illustrée du Sénégal. Ministère du Développement Rural, Gouvernement du Sénégal.
• Berhaut, J. 1971. Flore Illustrée du Sénégal. Ministère du Développement Rural, Gouvernement du Sénégal.
• Botanisches Zentralblatt; referierendes Organ für das Gesamtgebiet der Botanik. Jena [etc.]G. Fischer [etc.] GER url p. 464, p. 560.
• Bulletin de la Fdration des socits d'horticulture de Belgique. Bruxelles [etc.]1861-1888. FRE url p. 82.
• Burkart, A. 1946 Darwiniana 7(2):216-239 Leguminosas Nuevas o Criticas
• Burkill, H. M. 1985–2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. (Use Pl WT Afr)
• Carrisso, L. W. et al., eds. 1937–. Conspectus florae angolensis. (F Angol)
• Chudnoff, M. 1984. Tropical Timbers of the World. Forest Products Laboratory Madison, United States Department of Agriculture, Wisconsin.
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• Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. Wien: Aus der Kaiserlich-K©niglichen Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1850-1918. GER url p. 420.
• Devi Prasad, A. G. et al. 1994. Genetic diversity of Dalbergia species and their distribution in Karnataka, India. In: Westley, S. B. & J. M. Roshetko, eds., Dalbergia: proceedings of an international workshop. Nitrogen fixing tree research reports special issue. (Dalbergia Wkshop) 70.
• Die Rohstoffe des Pflanzenreichs: versuch einer Technischen Rohstofflehre des Pflanzenreiches / Unter Mitwirkung von Max Bemberger, von Julius von Wiesner. Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 1914. GER url p. 456.
• Gelderblom, C. 1994. Letter to Dr Kerry Walter concerning lists of threatened plants in Southern Africa dated 7 March 1994.
• Global Tree Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website
• Hardwood record. Chicago: Hardwood Co., 1902-1939. ENG url p. 644.
• Hilton-Taylor, C. (compiler) 1998. Assessment of Southern African Trees for WCMC.
• Just's botanischer jahresbericht. Systematisch geordnetes repertorium der botanischen literatur aller länder. Berlin, Gebr. Borntraeger, 1874-98; GER url p. 1066, p. 152, p. 366, p. 381, p. 572, p. 624, p. 64, p. 792, p. 825, p. 877, p. 898, p. 913.
• Katende, A.B. 1995. Annotations to: WCMC printout of Trees of Uganda dated 23 Nov. 1995.
• Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953–1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. (F WT Afr)
• L'Agricoltura coloniale. Firenze, Istituto agronomico per l'Africa italiana [etc.] ITA url p. 95.
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• Liberia, by Sir Harry Johnston. With an appendix on the flora of Liberia, by Dr. Otto Stapf; 28 coloured illustrations by Sir Harry Johnston, 24 botanical drawings by Miss Matilda Smith, 402 black and white il London, Hutchinson, 1906. ENG url p. 596.
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• Nshubemuki, L. 1994. Recent progress in silviculture research on Dalbergia melanoxylon. In: Westley, S. B. & J. M. Roshetko, eds., Dalbergia: proceedings of an international workshop. Nitrogen fixing tree research reports special issue. (Dalbergia Wkshop) 48–57.
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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 01, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
• ILDIS World Database of LegumesNov 10, 2005.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (May 04, 2008)
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 01, 2007:

• Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2836609
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-1134
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13638687
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:490328-1
• GRIN Nomen Number: 405953
• IUCN ID: 32504
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 400042

Footnotes

1. "Dalbergia". in Flora of Pakistan Page 56.. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]

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