tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271100816240850078.post-79881348480671550462008-04-04T12:42:00.000-07:002008-04-04T12:52:18.702-07:00<p><span style="font-size:180%;"><i><b>"</b></i></span></p><p><i><b></b></i></p><blockquote><p><i><b>Pterocarpus macrocarpus</b></i> (<b>Burma Padauk</b>) is a species of <i>Pterocarpus</i> native to southeastern Asia in northeastern India, Burma, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam.</p> <p>It is a medium-sized tree growing to 10–30 m (rarely to 39 m) tall, with a trunk up to 1.7 m diameter; it is dry season-deciduous. The bark is flaky, grey-brown; if cut, it secretes a red gum. The leaves are 20–35 cm long, pinnate, with 9–11 leaflets. The flowers are yellow, produced in racemes 5–9 cm long. The fruit is a pod surrounded by a round wing 4.5–7 cm diameter, containing two or three seeds.</p>The wood is durable and resistant to termites; it is important, used for furniture, construction timber, cart wheels, tool handles, and posts.</blockquote><span style="font-size:180%;">"</span><br /><br />Source: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterocarpus_macrocarpus">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterocarpus_macrocarpus</a><br /><br />ျမန္မာလိုေတာ့ ပန္းေတာက္ေပါ့။ ဘာလိုလိုနဲ႔သၾကၤန္ေတာင္ေရာက္ေတာ့မယ္။<br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><sup id="cite_ref-iitf_2-2" class="reference"></sup></p>Ye Naing Soenoreply@blogger.com