Biodiversity
Black rosewood
- Name: Black rosewood
- Quantity: 20,000
- Common Name: Black rosewood, Pod mahogany
- Scientific Name: Afzelia xylocarpa (Kurz) Craib
- Family: Leguminosae-Caesalpiniaceae
- Type: Perennial plant
- Origin: Southwest Asian countries and India, including Thailand
Biology and Ecology
- General Characteristics:
- 15-30 meters tall
- Wide-ranging branches
- Light grey or pink rugged bark
- Pinnately compound leaves
- Flowers look like bean flowers, with one pink petal at the tip of the stalk
- 12-20 cm long flattened pod fruits
- Hard tooth-shaped black seed
- Ecology:
- Found near riverbanks or creeks
- Growing well in mixed deciduous forest and dry dipterocarp forest
Flowering/Fruiting Period:
- Flowering in February - April
- Fruiting in June - August
Benefits:
- Hardwood: for making furniture
- Young pod: edible when cooked
- Bark: for deworming, curing hemorrhoids, curing diarrhea
- Seed: boiled as a concoction for treating nausea and vomiting