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1. Dalbergia assamica Benth.wfo-0000197964

in Miq., Pl. Jungh. 2: 256. 1852; Baker in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 235. 1876; Prain, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 70(1): 52. 1901 & Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 10(1): 89. 1904; Brandis, Indian Trees: 236. 1906; U.N. Kanjilal et al., Fl. Assam 2: 102. 1938; Ohashi in Hara, Fl. East. Himal. 148. 1966; Niyomdham & P.H.Hô, Adansonia 18: 138. 1996; Niyomdham et al., FL. Cambodge, Laos & Vietnam 29: 42. 1997; Niyomdham, Thai Forest Bull., Bot. 30: 126, f. 1. 2002; C.Dezhao et al. in Z.Y.Wu et al., Fl. China 10: 128. 2010.— D. lanceolaria var. assamica (Benth.) Thoth., Bull. Bot. Surv. Ind. 25(1–4): 171. 1983. Fig. 63. Plate XIX: 1.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Tree 15–40 m tall; young shoots, young leaves and inflorescences pubescent. Stipules linear, ca 5 by 1 mm long, very early caducous. Leaves 10–20 cm long; petioles 2–6 cm long; rachis 8–15 cm long, pubescent to puberulous. Leaflets 9–12, oblong to ovate-oblong, rarely obovate-oblong, terminal one oblong to obovate-oblong, 2.5–5 by 1–3 cm, apex rounded or more or less emarginate, base cuneate to rounded, puberulous on both surfaces; lateral veins 5–7 pairs, fine but distinct on both surfaces, tertiary veins and reticulation fine, rather obscure on upper surface; petiolules 2–4 mm long. Inflorescences in leaf axils, paniculate, 5–8 cm long; bracts and bracteoles small, very early caducous; pedicels ca 2.5 mm long. Calyx 4–5 mm long, puberulous. Corolla bluish; standard orbicular, emarginate, ca 5 mm in diam., claw ca 1.5 mm; wings ca 6 by 2.5 mm, claw ca 1.5 mm; keel ca 4 by 2 mm. Stamens 10, in 2 lateral bundles of 5+5. Ovary hairy; ovules 3–4. Pods oblong, 5–8 by 2–2.5 cm, glabrous, 1–2-seeded. Seeds reniform, ca 3.5 by 5 mm, reddish brown to dark brown.

Thailand : NORTHERN: Chiang Mai, Lampang; SOUTH-WESTERN: Kanchanaburi; CENTRAL: Saraburi.

Distribution : India (type), Myanmar, China, Laos, Vietnam.

Ecology : Mixed deciduous forests, near sea level to 800 m alt.

Vernacular : Ket dam (เก็ดดำ)(Chiang Mai), ket deang (เก็ดแดง)(Lampang), kam phi (กำพี้) kra phi (กระพี้) ka phi (ก๋าพี้, กะพี้)(Saraburi).