Acrocarpus fraxinifolius

Acrocarpus fraxinifolius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Genus:	Acrocarpus
Species:	A. fraxinifolius
Binomial name
Acrocarpus fraxinifolius

Acrocarpus fraxinifolius, the pink cedar, is a large deciduous emergent tree native to Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand ^[1] in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae.^[2] Its also known as Balangi or Kurungatti^[3] in India.

Uses

This has been identified as one of the food plant for the endangered lion tailed macaque during the period of fruit scarcity.^[4]

Its used as shade trees in the coffee plantations in India. Its also a best suited tree for plantation in badly degraded areas which are not protected from cattle grazing.^[5] As per the bureau of indian standards, the timber is recommended for making furniture and cabinets.^[6] and tea boxes ^[7]

The compound leaves: bipinnate;paripinnate

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References

1. p. 2.
2. "A tree species reference and selection guide". worldagroforestry.org. Retrieved 23 Oct 2012.
3. Tejwani, K G. Agroforestery In India. Concept Publishing Company. p. 64.
4. Meghna, Krishnadas; Kumar, Ajith; K, Chandrasekhara (2011). "The response of the frugivorous lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus) to a period of fruit scarcity". American Journal of Primatology 73 (12): 4. doi:10.1002/ajp.20997.
5. J, Proctor (1986). "NOTES ON EVERGREEN RAINFORESTS OF KARNATAKA STATE, SOUTH-WEST INDIA". The Commonwealth Forestry Review 65: 232.
6. https://archive.org/stream/gov.in.is.13622.1993/is.13622.1993_djvu.txt
7. http://archive.org/stream/manualofthetimbe030145mbp/manualofthetimbe030145mbp_djvu.txt