Pterocarpus — 19 species
Botanical species in the genus Pterocarpus recorded in the PlantPeers database.
Pterocarpus angolensis
Pterocarpus angolensis
Family: Fabaceae
Cultivation
Ambali is a tree of low to medium elevations in the tropics, where it can be found from sea level to around 1,650 metres. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 15 - 32°c, but can tolerate 12 - 38°c. It is not resistant to frost, although older trees survive very light frosts.
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Pterocarpus dalbergioides
Pterocarpus dalbergioides
Family: Fabaceae
Cultivation
Pterocarpus dalbergioides is a plant of the wet, lowland tropics, where it is found at elevations up to 100 metres. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 22 - 32°c, but can tolerate 15 - 37°c. Plants are not tolerant of frost.
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Pterocarpus erinaceus
Pterocarpus erinaceus
Family: Fabaceae
Cultivation
A plant of semi-arid to sub-humid tree savannah in the tropics, where it is usually found at elevations up to 600 metres, exceptionally to 1,200 metres. It grows best in areas with a mean annual temperature of 15 - 32°c. It prefers a mean annual rainfall of 600 - 1,200mm, but can tolerate up to 1,600mm annual rainfall.
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Pterocarpus indicus
Pterocarpus indicus
Family: Fabaceae
Cultivation
A plant of the moist to wet tropics, where it is found at elevations up to 750 metres, though it can be cultivated at higher elevations. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 24 - 32°c, but can tolerate 12 - 37°c. The plant is not frost tolerant.
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Pterocarpus lucens
Pterocarpus lucens
Family: Fabaceae
Cultivation
Pterocarpus lucens is a plant of the savannah regions of the tropics, where it is found at elevations of 550 - 1,520 metres. Up to 3,000 metres. It grows best in areas where the mean annual temperature is within the range 15 - 32°c, but is tolerant of 12 - 40°c.
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Pterocarpus macrocarpus
Pterocarpus macrocarpus
Family: Fabaceae
Cultivation
A tree of mainly lowland tropical areas, where it ca be found at elevations up to 850 metres. It grows best in areas where the mean annual temperature falls within the range 24 - 34°c, but can tolerate 8 - 44°c. Plants are not tolerant of frost.
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Pterocarpus marsupium
Pterocarpus marsupium
Family: Fabaceae
Cultivation
A plant found mainly of lowland tropical areas, found at elevations from 200 - 500 metres, but exceptionally to 1,200 metres. It grows best in areas where the mean annual temperature falls within the range 22 - 34°c, but can tolerate 4 - 47°c. It is found in areas where there is a distinct dry season, preferring a mean annual rainfall of 1,000 - 1,500mm, but tolerating 750 - 2,000mm.
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Pterocarpus mildbraedii
Family: Fabaceae
Cultivation
The plant is tolerant of acid soils. The tree grows fast and coppices well. The root system is superficial: most roots are in the top 30cm of the soil.
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Pterocarpus officinalis
Pterocarpus officinalis
Family: Fabaceae
Cultivation
A plant of mainly lowland areas of the moist to wet tropics, usually found at elevations below 350 metres, but occasionally to 800 metres. The seeds are dispersed by water currents. This species is one of several that supply a red resin from their stem.
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Pterocarpus osun
Pterocarpus osun
Family: Fabaceae
Cultivation
A plant of the moist tropical lowlands, where it is found at elevations below 150 metres. This species has a symbiotic relationship with certain soil bacteria, these bacteria form nodules on the roots and fix atmospheric nitrogen. Some of this nitrogen is utilized by the growing plant but some can also be used by other plants growing nearby.
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Pterocarpus rohrii
Pterocarpus rohrii
Family: Fabaceae
Cultivation
Grows best in a sunny position. Succeeds in a wide range of soils. Prefers well-drained soils.
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Pterocarpus rotundifolius
Pterocarpus rotundifolius
Family: Fabaceae
Cultivation
Found in drier to moist areas of the tropics and subtropics, it grows well in areas with summer rainfall and temperatures in the region of 20 - 35°c. Young trees are rather sensistive to frost, but become more tolerant as they grow larger (2.5 metres or more tall). In a study in South Africa, the tree preferred clayey, medium-leached, acid, non-sodic soils with low conductivity, but in many areas it is common on deep sandy soils.
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Pterocarpus santalinoides
Pterocarpus santalinoides
Family: Fabaceae
Cultivation
The plant occurs in lowland regions of the moist tropics at elevations from 200 - 500 metres. It is found in regions with a mean annual temperature of around 26°c and an annual rainfall of about 1,600mm. It is often locally common, and sometimes even occurs gregariously.
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Pterocarpus santalinus
Pterocarpus santalinus
Family: Fabaceae
Cultivation
Pterocarpus santalinus is a tree of tropical areas with a distinct dry season, where it is found at elevations from 150 - 1,000 metres. It grows best in areas where the mean annual temperature is within the range 26 - 32°c, but can tolerate 7 - 46°c. It is killed by temperatures falling below 0°c.
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Pterocarpus soyauxii
Pterocarpus soyauxii
Family: Fabaceae
Cultivation
A plant of the lowland wet tropics, where it is found at elevations up to 500 metres. It grows best in areas where the mean annual temperature is about 23°c. It prefers a mean annual rainfall of 1,500 - 1,700mm.
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Pterocarpus tinctorius
Pterocarpus tinctorius
Family: Fabaceae
Cultivation
A tree of the tropical moist zone where there is a distinct dry season. A very variable species. A slow-growing tree, it is estimated to take up to 90 years to reach maturity.
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