Record Number
3438
PROSEA Handbook Number
5(1): Timber trees; Major commercial timbers
Taxon
Dalbergia latifolia Roxb.
This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Dalbergia in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.
This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Dalbergia in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.
Protologue
Pl. Corom. 2: 7, t. 113 (1799).
Vernacular Names
Indian rosewood, Bombay blackwood (En). Palisandre de l'Inde (Fr). Indonesia: sonokeling, sonobrits, sonosungu (Java). Vietnam: tr[aws]c.
Distribution
Nepal, western and north-eastern India and Java; planted in mainland South-East Asia, Java and Africa.
Uses
The timber is used as sonokeling. The species is planted as shade tree.
Observations
A medium-sized to large tree of up to 43 m tall, bole straight or slightly twisted and usually branchless for 3-12 m with a diameter of up to 180 cm, buttresses prominent; leaves with 3-7 leaflets and a straight rachis, leaflets obtuse to emarginate with or without a small cusp; flowers distinctly pedicellate, corolla white or pale pink, stamens 9, style 1.7-2.5 mm long; pod 4-9 cm 1.5-2 cm, with 1-3(-4) seeds. Dalbergia latifolia occurs in evergreen or deciduous forest on deep, well-drained, moist soils up to 600 m altitude in Java, in India much higher. The disjunct distribution is remarkable. The density of the wood is 770-860 kg/m3 at 15% moisture content. See also the table on wood properties.
Image
 | Dalbergia latifolia Roxb. - 1, tree habit; 2, flowering twig; 3, lateral leaflet; 4, fruit. |
Selected Sources
[35]Backer, C.A. & Bakhuizen van den Brink, R.C., 1963–1968. Flora of Java. 3 volumes. Noordhoff, Groningen.
[54]Beekman, H., 1918. Een ziekte van D. latifolia Roxb. [A disease of D. latifolia Roxb.]. Tectona 11: 290–293.
[102]Burkill, I.H., 1966. A dictionary of the economic products of the Malay Peninsula. 2nd edition. Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Kuala Lumpur. Vol. 1 (A–H) pp. 1–1240. Vol. 2 (I–Z) pp. 1241–2444.
[160]Dahms, K.-G., 1989. Das Holzportrait: Palisander [Portraits of wood: rosewood]. Holz als Roh- und Werkstoff 47: 337–342.
[217]FAO, 1960. Standard nomenclature of the exportable timbers of the Asian Pacific Region. FAO, Rome. 96 pp.
[234]Flora of Tropical East Africa (various editors), 1952–. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Brookfield.
[281]Gosh, S.S., Ramesh Rao, K. & Purkayastha (Editors), 1963. Indian woods, their identification, properties and uses. Vol. 2, Linaceae to Moringaceae. Manager of Publications, Delhi. x + 386 pp.
[328]Hooker, J.D., 1872–1897. Flora of British India. 7 volumes. L. Reeve & Co., London.
[373]Koorders, S.H. & Valeton, T., 1913–1918. Atlas der Baumarten von Java [Atlas of tree species of Java]. 4 volumes. Fa. P.W.M. Trap, Leiden.
[461]Martawijaya, A. et al., 1986. Indonesian wood atlas. Vol. 1. Forestry Products and Development Centre, Bogor. 166 pp.
[570]Rai, S.N., 1978. Rate of growth of Dalbergia latifolia and Xylia dolabriformis. Malaysian Forester 41: 241–252.
[576]Ravishankar Rai, V. & Jagadish Chandra, K.S., 1988. In vitro regeneration of plantlets from shoot callus of mature trees of Dalbergia latifolia. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 13: 77–83.
[634]Soekeri, 1979. A possibility on modification of the 'sonokeling' planting technique. Duta Rimba 5, 35: 20–26.
[662]Suharti, M. & Hadi, S., 1974. Wilt disease of Dalbergia latifolia in Malang forest district, E. Java. Laporan No 194. Lembaga Penelitian Hutan, Bogor. ii + 9 pp.
[712]Troup, R.S., 1921. Silviculture of Indian trees. 3 volumes. Clarendon Press, Oxford.
[762]Wardi & Soewarsono, P.H., 1963. Preliminary study on the physical and mechanical properties of Indonesian woods. Laporan No 5. Lembaga Penelitian Hasil Hutan, Bogor.
[54]Beekman, H., 1918. Een ziekte van D. latifolia Roxb. [A disease of D. latifolia Roxb.]. Tectona 11: 290–293.
[102]Burkill, I.H., 1966. A dictionary of the economic products of the Malay Peninsula. 2nd edition. Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Kuala Lumpur. Vol. 1 (A–H) pp. 1–1240. Vol. 2 (I–Z) pp. 1241–2444.
[160]Dahms, K.-G., 1989. Das Holzportrait: Palisander [Portraits of wood: rosewood]. Holz als Roh- und Werkstoff 47: 337–342.
[217]FAO, 1960. Standard nomenclature of the exportable timbers of the Asian Pacific Region. FAO, Rome. 96 pp.
[234]Flora of Tropical East Africa (various editors), 1952–. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Brookfield.
[281]Gosh, S.S., Ramesh Rao, K. & Purkayastha (Editors), 1963. Indian woods, their identification, properties and uses. Vol. 2, Linaceae to Moringaceae. Manager of Publications, Delhi. x + 386 pp.
[328]Hooker, J.D., 1872–1897. Flora of British India. 7 volumes. L. Reeve & Co., London.
[373]Koorders, S.H. & Valeton, T., 1913–1918. Atlas der Baumarten von Java [Atlas of tree species of Java]. 4 volumes. Fa. P.W.M. Trap, Leiden.
[461]Martawijaya, A. et al., 1986. Indonesian wood atlas. Vol. 1. Forestry Products and Development Centre, Bogor. 166 pp.
[570]Rai, S.N., 1978. Rate of growth of Dalbergia latifolia and Xylia dolabriformis. Malaysian Forester 41: 241–252.
[576]Ravishankar Rai, V. & Jagadish Chandra, K.S., 1988. In vitro regeneration of plantlets from shoot callus of mature trees of Dalbergia latifolia. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 13: 77–83.
[634]Soekeri, 1979. A possibility on modification of the 'sonokeling' planting technique. Duta Rimba 5, 35: 20–26.
[662]Suharti, M. & Hadi, S., 1974. Wilt disease of Dalbergia latifolia in Malang forest district, E. Java. Laporan No 194. Lembaga Penelitian Hutan, Bogor. ii + 9 pp.
[712]Troup, R.S., 1921. Silviculture of Indian trees. 3 volumes. Clarendon Press, Oxford.
[762]Wardi & Soewarsono, P.H., 1963. Preliminary study on the physical and mechanical properties of Indonesian woods. Laporan No 5. Lembaga Penelitian Hasil Hutan, Bogor.
Author(s)
M.S.M. Sosef
Correct Citation of this Article
Sosef, M.S.M., 1993. Dalbergia latifolia Roxb.. In: Soerianegara, I. and Lemmens, R.H.M.J. (Editors): Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 5(1): Timber trees; Major commercial timbers. PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia. Database record: prota4u.org/prosea
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