Dalbergia parviflora[2] is a species of liana found in South East Asia. Its name is kayu laka in Malay and Indonesian, from which the word lakawood, the heartwood of the plant used for incense, is derived.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Dalbergia |
| Species: | D. parviflora
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| Binomial name | |
| Dalbergia parviflora | |
| Synonyms | |
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Drepanocarpus cumingii Kurz | |
The plant is called khree in Thai,[3] tahid-labuyo in Tagalog,[3] in Vietnamese it is trắc hoa nhỏ (i.e. "small flowers" as in the scientific name).[4] The genus Dalbergia is placed in the subfamily Faboideae and tribe Dalbergieae; no subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.[5]
The plant is a thorny liana that can grow to 30m in length.[3] It has white flowers with bell-shaped calyx, and produces flattened obovate pods.[6] It is found in many countries in South East Asia, from Burma and Thailand to Malaysia and Indonesia. It grows in the alluvial soil of secondary forest along the river banks and seashores, and in fresh-water swamp and Dipterocarpus forests.[3]
References
edit- ^ Chadburn, H. (2012). "Dalbergia parviflora". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T19892025A20056788. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T19892025A20056788.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Bentham G (1860) J.Proc.Linn.Soc.,Bot.4(suppl.):1-134 Synopsis...Dalbergieae
- ^ a b c d e L. P. A. Oyen; Xuân Dũng Nguyẽ̂n (eds.). Plant Resources of South-East Asia. Vol. 19: Essential-oil plants. Prosea. p. 176. ISBN 9789792624441.
- ^ Phạm Hoàng Hộ (1999) Cây Cỏ Việt Nam: an Illustrated Flora of Vietnam vol. I publ. Nhà Xuẩt Bản Trẻ, HCMC, VN.
- ^ Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2014). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2016). CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants. CRC Press. p. 1319. ISBN 9781482250640.
External links
editData related to Dalbergia parviflora at Wikispecies