Fabaceae
Barwood
Pterocarpus erinaceus
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Pterocarpus
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Common names
By language (6)
- Chinese
- 刺猬紫檀
- dag
- Nee
- English
- Barwood
- German
- Afrikanischer Palisander
- Japanese
- アフリカローズウッド
- Wolof
- Wén
Synonyms
- Drepanocarpus senegalensis T.Nees & C.H.Eberm.
- Echinodiscus erinaceus Benth. ex Walp.
- Lingoum erinaceum Kuntze
- Pterocarpus adansonii DC.
- Pterocarpus africanus Hook.
- Pterocarpus senegalensis Vahl ex DC.
Photos
Photo: Marco Schmidt [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.