Rajagiri Flora

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Indian Rosewood
Botanical Name

Dalbergia latifolia Roxb.

Common Name Indian Rosewood
Local Name വീട്ടി
Family Fabaceae
Campus Location

Rajagiri Business School, Valley Campus, Kakkanad

Systematic position
Kingdom:  Plantae
Phylum: Streptophyta
Class: Equisetopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae

Indian rosewood is native to low-elevation tropical monsoon forests of south east India. It grows to 40 metres in height and is evergreen, but locally deciduous in drier subpopulations. The leaves are pinnately compound leaves, small white flowers in bunches.

  • The tree produces hard, durable, attractive heavy wood and used for making high-quality furniture, musical instruments, and decorative items.
Botanical Name

Dalbergia latifolia Roxb.

Common Name Indian Rosewood
Local Name വീട്ടി
Family Fabaceae
Campus Location

Rajagiri Business School, Valley Campus, Kakkanad

Systematic position
Kingdom:  Plantae
Phylum: Streptophyta
Class: Equisetopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae

Indian rosewood is native to low-elevation tropical monsoon forests of south east India. It grows to 40 metres in height and is evergreen, but locally deciduous in drier subpopulations. The leaves are pinnately compound leaves, small white flowers in bunches.

  • The tree produces hard, durable, attractive heavy wood and used for making high-quality furniture, musical instruments, and decorative items.