Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Papilionaceae | Genus: Dalbergia | Species: Dalbergia cultrata Benth. |
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| Synonym | Dalbergia fusca Prain, Amerimnon cultratum (Benth.) Kuntze | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | - | Flower Type | Panicle |
| English / Trade Name | - | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | - | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | Up to 1700 m | Fruit Type | Pod |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit stipitate, oblong to strap-shaped, 6-10 × 0.9-1.5 cm, thinly leathery, finely reticulate opposite 1 or 2 seeds, both ends obtuse. Seeds reniform, compressed, ca. 10 × 6 mm. |
| Habitat | Occurs in mixed forests and mountain slopes | Bark Type | Fissured |
| Distribution | India, Myanmar, Vietnam, Yunnan and Laos | Bark Details | Bark very thick, corky, yellowish grey and deeply fissured |
| Distribution in manipur | Origin | Native | |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Deciduous tree with an open, narrow crown can grow from 10 - 30 m tall, wood red, branches slender, slightly finely appressed puberulent, glabrescent and lenticellate | Leaf Details | Leaves 10-15 cm; stipules caducous; leaflets 11-13, ovate or elliptic, 2-4 × 1.2-2 cm, leathery, abaxially appressed pubescent, at length glabrescent, adaxially glabrous, apex rounded or emarginate, cuspidate |
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