Fabaceae
Burma padauk
Pterocarpus macrocarpus
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Pterocarpus
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Common names
By language (13)
- arz
- بتيروكاربوس ماكروكاربوس
- Burmese
- မြန်မာပိတောက်, ပိတောက်
- Chinese
- 大果紫檀
- Czech
- Křídlok velkoplodý
- English
- Burma padauk, Padauk
- German
- Burma-Padouk
- Japanese
- ビルマカリン
- Lithuanian
- Stambiavaisis koralmedis
- mnw
- နာဍူ၊ တၞံ
- Persian
- درخت بادبزنی برمه
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈမႆႉလူႈ, တူၼ်ႈမႆႉပီးတွၵ်ႈ, မွၵ်ႇပီးတွၵ်ႈ, မွၵ်ႇမႆႉလူႈ, မႆႉပီးတွၵ်ႈ, မႆႉလူႈ
- Thai
- ประดู่, ประดู่ป่า
- Vietnamese
- Giáng hương, Dáng hương, Dáng hương quả lớn, Dáng hương quả to, Giáng hương quả lớn, Giáng hương quả to
Synonyms
- Lingoum cambodianum Pierre
- Lingoum glaucinum Pierre
- Lingoum gracile Pierre
- Lingoum macrocarpum (Kurz) Kuntze
- Lingoum oblongum Pierre
- Lingoum parvifolium Pierre
- Lingoum pedatum Pierre
- Pterocarpus cambodianus (Pierre) Gagnep.
- Pterocarpus cambodianus (Pierre) Dyer
- Pterocarpus cambodianus (Pierre) Dyer
- Pterocarpus cambodianus var. calcicola Craib
- Pterocarpus cambodianus var. glaucinus (Pierre) Gagnep.
- Pterocarpus cambodianus var. gracilis (Pierre) Gagnep.
- Pterocarpus cambodianus var. oblongus (Pierre) Gagnep.
- Pterocarpus cambodianus var. parvifolius (Pierre) Gagnep.
- Pterocarpus cambodianus var. parvifolius (Pierre) Gagnep.
- Pterocarpus glaucinus Pierre
- Pterocarpus glaucinus (Pierre) Dyer
- Pterocarpus gracilis Pierre
- Pterocarpus gracilis (Pierre) Dyer
- Pterocarpus gracilis var. brevipes Craib
- Pterocarpus gracilis var. nitidus Craib
- Pterocarpus macrocarpus var. oblongus (Pierre) Gagnep.
- Pterocarpus oblongus (Pierre) Dyer
- Pterocarpus parvifolius (Pierre) Craib
- Pterocarpus parvifolius Pierre
- Pterocarpus parvifolius (Pierre) Dyer
- Pterocarpus pedatus (Pierre) Gagnep.
- Pterocarpus pedatus Pierre
- Pterocarpus pedatus (Pierre) Dyer
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: James J. Ludemann, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Utain Pummarin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AlbZtt, CC BY 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.