| Dalbergia latifolia | |
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| Dalbergia latifolia growing as a street tree in Peravoor, India. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Dalbergia |
| Species: | D. latifolia
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| Binomial name | |
| Dalbergia latifolia | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Dalbergia latifolia (synonym Dalbergia emarginata) is a premier timber species, also known as the Indian rosewood (Tamil / தமிழ்: Eetti / ஈட்டி) (Telugu / తెలుగు: Irugudu/ ఇరుగుడు). It is native to low-elevation tropical monsoon forests of south east India.[3][1] Some common names in English include rosewood, Bombay blackwood, roseta rosewood, East Indian rosewood, reddish-brown rosewood, Indian palisandre, and Java palisandre.[3][1] Its Indian common names are beete, and satisal or sitsal.[3] The tree grows to 40 metres (130 ft) in height and is evergreen, but locally deciduous in drier subpopulations.[3][1]
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- ^ a b c d Lakhey, P.; Pathak, J. & Adhikari, B. (2020). "Dalbergia latifolia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T32098A67777757. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ^ The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved 12 December 2015
- ^ a b c d World Agroforestry Centre, Agroforestry Tree Database, archived from the original on 2012-03-09, retrieved 2011-03-21