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Dalbergia melanoxylon (African blackwood, grenadilla, or mpingo) in French Granadille d'Afrique is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to seasonally dry regions of Africa from Senegal east to Eritrea, to southern regions of Tanzania to Mozambique and south to the north-eastern parts of South Africa.
African blackwood (D. melanoxylon) is an intensely black wood in demand for making woodwind musical instruments. Dalbergia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Bucculatrix mendax which feeds exclusively on Dalbergia sissoo .
There are many species in the genus Dalbergia that can be confused with Dalbergia nigra, but the latter can be recognised by its colour and resin. [4] It may also be confused with Machaerium, which has a more compact parenchyma and lack large pores. [4] Very little is known about the ecology and reproduction of the Brazilian rosewood. [3]
Dalbergia granadillo, the granadillo (a name it shares with a number of other plants) or zangalicua, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to central and southern Mexico, and El Salvador. [2] A slow-growing tree reaching 20 m (66 ft), it is listed as Critically Endangered due to illegal logging of mature individuals. [3 ...
The natural habitat of Dalbergia baronii is among the most threatened Malagasy habitats. [7] Due to overexploitation and the risk of confusion with similar species, Dalbergia baronii and other Dalbergia species from Madagascar were listed in CITES Appendix II [8] in 2013, currently with a zero export quota. [9]
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The tribe Dalbergieae is an early-branching clade within the flowering plant subfamily Faboideae (or Papilionaceae). Within that subfamily, it belongs to an unranked clade called the dalbergioids.
Dalbergia miscolobium is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to seasonally dry tropical areas of Bolivia and Brazil. [1] A slow-growing evergreen tree reaching 16 m (52 ft), it is considered "very ornamental" due to its light, bluish-green leaves. [2] It is used as a street tree in a number of Brazilian cities. [3]