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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 ...
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 characters
Besides spelling out the local name for the Pterocarpus indicus—the Philippines' national tree—it is an acronym for National Resettlement Rehabilitation Administration. This program, established on June 18, 1954, resettled landless people from Luzon to Palawan.
Pterocarpus echinatus Pers. Pterocarpus erinaceus Poir.—muninga, barwood, vène; Pterocarpus gilletii De Wild. Pterocarpus hockii De Wild. Pterocarpus homblei De Wild. Pterocarpus indicus Willd.—Pashu padauk, Malay padauk, New Guinea rosewood; Pterocarpus lucens Guill. & Perr. Pterocarpus macrocarpus Kurz—Burmese padauk; Pterocarpus ...
Philippines: Narra: Pterocarpus indicus Poland: Oak, Pedunculate oak: Quercus, Quercus robur [58] Portugal: Cork oak: Quercus suber [59] Qatar: Christ's thorn jujube: Ziziphus spina-christi [60] Romania: Oak, Pedunculate oak: Quercus, Quercus robur [61] Russia: Siberian larch: Larix sibirica [62] [63] Saudi Arabia: Phoenix palm: Phoenix ...
Considering the dipterocarps originated in India and Malaysia, the existence of the trees in the archipelago demonstrates a connection between the Philippines and western Malaysia. [7] Other important tree species here include giant figs , which provide food for fruit bats , parrots , and monkeys , and Pterocarpus indicus , which like the ...
It is endemic to the Philippines. In the US timber trade, it is often applied to wood of the genus Shorea in the family Dipterocarpaceae . Rarely, it may also refer to the narra tree ( Pterocarpus indicus ) in the legume family, Fabaceae .
The Greater Negros–Panay rain forests ecoregion (WWF ID: IM0114) covers the central Visayan Islands in the Philippines, including the islands of Panay, Negros, Cebu, Masbate, Sibuyan, Ticao, Guimaras, Romblon, Tablas, Siquijor, and Bohol, but excludes Leyte and Samar. During the last ice age, these were all on the same island.