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Definition of Pterocarpus marsupium
1. Noun. East Indian tree yielding a resin or extract often used medicinally and in e.g. tanning.
Group relationships: Genus Pterocarpus, Pterocarpus
Terms within: East India Kino, Kino Gum, Malabar Kino
Generic synonyms: Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pterocarpus Marsupium
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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