Pterocarpus

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Pterocarpus - genus of tropical trees or climbers having usually broadly winged pods genus Pterocarpus rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants Papilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae - alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae bloodwood tree, kiaat, Pterocarpus angolensis - deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers; yields a red juice and heavy strong durable wood padauk, padouk, Pterocarpus indicus, amboyna - tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain Burma padauk, Burmese rosewood, Pterocarpus macrocarpus - tree of India and Burma yielding a wood resembling mahogany Pterocarpus marsupium, kino - East Indian tree yielding a resin or extract often used medicinally and in e.g. tanning Pterocarpus santalinus, red sanders, red sanderswood, red saunders, red sandalwood - tree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant timber prized for cabinetwork and dark red heartwood used as a dyewood