Dalbergia latifolia Roxb., Fabaceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  no

Threat only at high elevations?  no

Risk assessment results:  Evaluate, score: 5 (Go to the risk assessment)

Common name(s): [more details]

English: black rosewood, blackwood, Bombay blackwood, East Indian rosewood, Indian blackwood, Indian rosewood, Malabar rosewood, shisham

Habit:  tree

Description:  Tree.  Leaf-rachis (inclusive of petiole) 10-16 cm, not conspicuously zigzag; leaflets 3-7, on the highest leaves sometimes only 1, ranging from broadly obovate to elliptic-oblong, on the obtuse, rounded or emarginate top with or without a small triangular cusp, herbaceous or thinly coriaceous, 4-12 cm by 2.5-9 cm. Single flowers all or for the greater part very manifestly pedicelled; keel-petals auricled at the base of their upper margin; stamens 9; style 1.75-2.5 mm. Flowers panicled; bracteoles falling off long before anthesis; pod straight, oblong-strap-shaped. Calyx-tube and ovary glabrous; panicles terminal, often moreover in the highest leaf-axils thinly appressed pubescent or subglabrous, 5-15 cm; bracteoles 177; 3 mm, thinly membranous; calyx-tube 177; 4 mm; corolla white or pale pink; claws of petals 2-3 mm; limb of standard 4-5 mm; stalk of ovary glabrous; ovules 3-6; pod within calyx on a stalk of 0.75-1 cm length, 4-9 cm by 1.5-2 cm; seeds 1-3, rarely 4, 0.75-1 cm long  (Backer & Bakhuizen van de Brink, 1963; pp. 613-615).

Habitat/ecology:  "Leaf-shedding forest in periodically very dry localities; sometimes cultivated" (Backer & Bakhuizen van de Brink, 1963; pp. 613-615).

Propagation:  Seed

Native range:  India, Nepal and Malaysia (GRIN).

Presence:

Pacific Rim
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
Indonesia Indonesia	Indonesia (Republic of)	native	ILDIS Co-ordinating Centre (2005)
Malaysia Malaysia	Malaysia (country of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)

Indian Ocean
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
La Réunion (France) La Réunion Island	La Réunion Island	introduced	ILDIS Co-ordinating Centre (2005)
India (Indian Ocean offshore islands) Andaman Islands	Andaman Islands	native	ILDIS Co-ordinating Centre (2005)
Mauritius Mautitius Islands (Mauritius and Rodrigues)	Mauritius Island	introduced	ILDIS Co-ordinating Centre (2005)

Additional information:  Information from the World Agroforestry Centre's AgroForestryTree Database.

Additional online information about Dalbergia latifolia is available from the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR).

Taxonomic information about Dalbergia latifolia may be available from the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

References:

Backer, C. A./Bakhuizen van den Brink, R. C. 1963. Flora of Java, Vol. 1. N.V. P. Noordhoff, Groningen, The Netherlands. 647 pp.

ILDIS Co-ordinating Centre. 2005. International Legume Database & Information Service. Online searchable database.

U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. 2007. National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Online searchable database.