Definition of Pterocarpus marsupium

1. Noun. East Indian tree yielding a resin or extract often used medicinally and in e.g. tanning.

Exact synonyms: Kino
Group relationships: Genus Pterocarpus, Pterocarpus
Terms within: East India Kino, Kino Gum, Malabar Kino
Generic synonyms: Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pterocarpus Marsupium

Pteridophyta
Pteriidae
Pteris
Pteris cretica
Pteris multifida
Pteris serrulata
Pternohyla
Pternohyla fodiens
Pterocarpus
Pterocarpus angolensis
Pterocarpus indicus
Pterocarpus macrocarpus
Pterocarpus marsupium (current term)
Pterocarpus santalinus
Pterocarya
Pterocarya fraxinifolia
Pterocles
Pterocles alchata
Pterocles indicus
Pteroclididae
Pterocnemia
Pterocnemia pennata
Pterodactylidae
Pterodactylus
Pterois
Pteropogon humboltianum
Pteropsida

Literary usage of Pterocarpus marsupium

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"... (Pterocarpus marsupium), teak, the wild mango, and others. Under the system initiated in 1882, the revenue derived from these forests doubled itself at ..."

2. The Timber Trees, Timber and Fancy Woods, as Also, the Forests, of India and by Edward Balfour (1870)
"... Hind, of Nepaul, Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb. Vakha, TEL., Areca catechu, Linn. ... ТАМ., Pterocarpus marsupium, Roxb. Ven-taku maram, ТАМ., ..."

3. The Indian Forester (1898)
"In appearance the substance is very much like that obtained from Pterocarpus Marsupium, It has since been examined by Professor Edward Schaer, of Strasburg, ..."

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