Acrocarpus fraxinifolius

Acrocarpus fraxinifolius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Genus:	Acrocarpus
Species:	A. fraxinifolius
Binomial name
	Acrocarpus fraxinifolius;

Acrocarpus fraxinifolius, the pink cedar, is a large deciduous emergent tree native to Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India,^[1] Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand ^[2] in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae.^[3] Its also known as Balangi or Kurungatti^[4] in India.

Uses

This has been identified as one of the food plant for the endangered lion tailed macaque during the period of fruit scarcity.^[5]

They are used as shade trees in the coffee plantations in India. It is also a best-suited tree for plantations in badly degraded areas which are not protected from cattle grazing.^[6] As per the bureau of Indian standards, the timber is recommended for making furniture and cabinets.^[7] and tea boxes ^[8]

The compound leaves: bipinnate; paripinnate

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Medias

Seedlings in a Nursery
Young trees
Large Acrocarpus fraxinofolius tree near Bhowali, Uttarakhand, India
Seed pods of the Acrocarpus fraxinofolius on a tree near Bhowali, Uttarakhand, India
Seed pods of the Acrocarpus fraxinofolius from a tree near Bhowali, Uttarakhand, India

References

↑ Troup, Robert Scott (1921). The Silviculture of Indian Trees, Vol. 2: Leguminosae (Caesalpinieae) to Verbenaceae (Classic Reprint). London: Oxford University Press. pp. 15–17. ISBN 9781334002663 – via https://archive.org/details/SilvicultureIndianTrees2.
↑ p. 2.
↑ "A tree species reference and selection guide". worldagroforestry.org. Retrieved 23 Oct 2012.
↑ Tejwani, K G. Agroforestery In India. Concept Publishing Company. p. 64.
↑ Meghna, Krishnadas; Kumar, Ajith; K, Chandrasekhara (2011). "The response of the frugivorous lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus) to a period of fruit scarcity". American Journal of Primatology. 73 (12): 4. doi:10.1002/ajp.20997. PMID 21898517.
↑ J, Proctor (1986). "NOTES ON EVERGREEN RAINFORESTS OF KARNATAKA STATE, SOUTH-WEST INDIA". The Commonwealth Forestry Review. 65: 232. JSTOR 42608089.
↑ https://archive.org/stream/gov.in.is.13622.1993/is.13622.1993_djvu.txt
↑ https://archive.org/stream/manualofthetimbe030145mbp/manualofthetimbe030145mbp_djvu.txt

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[1] Troup, Robert Scott (1921). The Silviculture of Indian Trees, Vol. 2: Leguminosae (Caesalpinieae) to Verbenaceae (Classic Reprint). London: Oxford University Press. pp. 15–17. ISBN 9781334002663 – via https://archive.org/details/SilvicultureIndianTrees2.

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[3] "A tree species reference and selection guide". worldagroforestry.org. Retrieved 23 Oct 2012.

[4] Tejwani, K G. Agroforestery In India. Concept Publishing Company. p. 64.

[5] Meghna, Krishnadas; Kumar, Ajith; K, Chandrasekhara (2011). "The response of the frugivorous lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus) to a period of fruit scarcity". American Journal of Primatology. 73 (12): 4. doi:10.1002/ajp.20997. PMID 21898517.

[6] J, Proctor (1986). "NOTES ON EVERGREEN RAINFORESTS OF KARNATAKA STATE, SOUTH-WEST INDIA". The Commonwealth Forestry Review. 65: 232. JSTOR 42608089.

[7] ttps://archive.org/stream/gov.in.is.13622.1993/is.13622.1993_djvu.txt

[8] ttps://archive.org/stream/manualofthetimbe030145mbp/manualofthetimbe030145mbp_djvu.txt