Pterocarpus indicusWilld.

Amboyna WoodBurmese RosewoodRed Sandalwoodpterocarpus

WFO wfo-0000172738 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Pterocarpus indicus, photographed by Samuel Lee
fig. a Samuel Lee, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-02-21 / obs. 180349702
Pterocarpus indicus, photographed by Abu Hamas
fig. b Abu Hamas, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 177877724
Pterocarpus indicus, photographed by Agnes Trekker
fig. c Agnes Trekker, CC0 1.0 / obs. 154560245
Pterocarpus indicus, photographed by Ong Jyh Seng
fig. d Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 52196271
Pterocarpus indicus, photographed by Ong Jyh Seng
fig. e Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 26433012
Pterocarpus indicus, photographed by Ong Jyh Seng
fig. f Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 23671573
Pterocarpus indicus, photographed by sunnyjosef
fig. g sunnyjosef, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 167287046
Pterocarpus indicus, photographed by Utain Pummarin
fig. h Utain Pummarin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 187028448

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Native range 23 botanical countries

Regions where Pterocarpus indicus is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, Caroline Is., Marianas, Santa Cruz Is., Vanuatu China South-CentralChina SoutheastTaiwanBismarck ArchipelagoBorneoCambodiaJawaLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuMyanmarNew GuineaPhilippinesSolomon Is.SulawesiSumateraThailandVietnam Nansei-shotoCaroline Is.MarianasVanuatu
Native distribution of Pterocarpus indicus, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Bismarck Archipelago BIS ASIA-TROPICAL
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
Jawa JAW
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
New Guinea NWG
Philippines PHI
Solomon Is. SOL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Nansei-shoto NNS
Taiwan TAI
Caroline Is. CRL PACIFIC
Marianas MRN
Santa Cruz Is. SCZ
Vanuatu VAN

Not drawn on the map: Santa Cruz Is.. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 26 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Echinodiscus echinatus (Pers.) Miq.
  • Lingoum echinatum (Pers.) Kuntze
  • Lingoum indicum Kuntze
  • Lingoum rubrum Rumph.
  • Lingoum saxatile Rumph.
  • Lingoum wallichii Pierre
  • Malaparius flavus (Lour.) Miq.
  • Pterocarpus blancoi Merr.
  • Pterocarpus carolinensis Kaneh.
  • Pterocarpus casteelsii var. ealaensis Hauman
  • Pterocarpus echinata Pers.
  • Pterocarpus echinatus Pers.
  • Pterocarpus flavus Lour.
  • Pterocarpus indica Willd.
  • Pterocarpus indicus f. echinatus (Pers.) Rojo
  • Pterocarpus klemmei Merr.
  • Pterocarpus luteus Poir.
  • Pterocarpus obtusatus Miq.
  • Pterocarpus pallidus Blanco
  • Pterocarpus papuana F.Muell.
  • Pterocarpus papuanus F.Muell.
  • Pterocarpus pubescens Merr.
  • Pterocarpus santalinus Blanco
  • Pterocarpus saxatilis Backer

and 2 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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