Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Pterocarpus indicus (commonly known as Amboyna wood, Malay padauk, Papua New Guinea rosewood, Philippine mahogany, Andaman redwood, Burmese rosewood, narra [3] (from Tagalog [4]) and asana in the Philippines, angsana, or Pashu padauk) is a species of Pterocarpus of the Sweet Pea Family (Papilionaceae) native to southeastern Asia, northern Australasia, and the western Pacific Ocean islands, in ...
[2] [3] Most species of Pterocarpus yield valuable timber traded as padauk (or padouk), usually pronounced / p ə ˈ d uː k / or / ˈ p æ d ˌ oʊ k /; [4] other common names are mukwa or narra. The west African species may be traded as African rosewood. [5] P. santalinus also yields the most precious red sandalwood in China known as Zitan.
Narra may refer to: Timber trees in the genus Pterocarpus, also known as padauk Pterocarpus indicus, a common species referred to as Narra; Narra, Palawan, a municipality in the Philippines; Narra, Bokaro, a census town in Jharkhand, India; Commander Narra, a fictional character from the Star Wars expanded universe; see List of minor Star Wars ...
This is a large evergreen tree, with ascending branches spreading towards the tips. [2] Has more numerous leaflets than the similar Pterocarpus indicus. The leaflets are ovate-lanceolate and acuminate, with 5 to 8 pairs of conspicuous secondary nerves. The fruit pod is a winged achene or samara that is nearly hairless and about 5 cm in diameter ...
Lignum nephriticum cup made from the wood of the narra tree (Pterocarpus indicus), and a flask containing its fluorescent solution. Lignum nephriticum (Latin for "kidney wood") is a traditional diuretic that was derived from the wood of two tree species, the narra (Pterocarpus indicus) and the Mexican kidneywood (Eysenhardtia polystachya).
1st Word/1st Word Plus: Atari ST and Acorn: AM Jacquard Systems: running Type-Rite, its own proprietary software [1] Adobe Buzzword: Adobe PageMaker: Windows, Mac OS, OS/2: Succeeded by Adobe InDesign: AppleWorks: Windows, Mac OS: Formerly ClarisWorks Word Processing, also an older and unrelated application for Apple II. Succeeded by iWork ...
Name Supported File Formats OS Language Widget tool License Across Language Server [2]: Microsoft Word (DOC, DOT, DOCX, and DOCM files), Microsoft Excel (XLS files, and XLSX and XLSM files), Microsoft PowerPoint (PPT and PPS files as well as PPTX, PPSX, and PPTM files), Rich Text Format1 (RTF files), text files (TXT files), TeX (TEX files), HTML, XHTML, XML, SGML, Adobe FrameMaker (in MIF ...
from Hindi and Urdu: An acknowledged leader in a field, from the Mughal rulers of India like Akbar and Shah Jahan, the builder of the Taj Mahal. Maharaja from Hindi and Sanskrit: A great king. Mantra from Hindi and Sanskrit: a word or phrase used in meditation. Masala from Urdu, to refer to flavoured spices of Indian origin.