ON THIS PLANT
Dalbergia oliveri is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae which grows in tree form to 15 – 30 meters in height (up to 100 ft.). The fruit is a green pod containing one to two seeds which turn brown to black when ripe. It is threatened by habitat loss and over-harvesting for its valuable red "rosewood" timber. University of Oxford published the transcriptomes of Dalbergia oliveri and five other Dalbergia spp. It was found that D. oliveri had more R genes than the co-occurring Dalbergia cochinchinensis.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Genus
- Dalbergia
- Family
- Leguminosae
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Burmese Rosewood en Black rosewood en Tamalan tree
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