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Pterocarpus marsupium

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Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	FABALES	LEGUMINOSAE

Scientific Name:

Pterocarpus marsupium

Species Authority:

Roxb.

Common Name/s:

English

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East Indian/malabar Kino

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable A1cd ver 2.3
Year Published:	1998
Annotations:	Needs updating
Assessor/s:	World Conservation Monitoring Centre
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Geographic Range [top]

Countries:	Native: Sri Lanka
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Dry zone tree.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

This tree is declining in Sri Lanka, as it is exploited for its timber and its medicinal bark and latex.

Citation:	World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Pterocarpus marsupium. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 18 May 2013.
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