Acrocarpus
{{Short description|Genus of legumes}}
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| image = Acrocarpus fraxinifolius (2196031374).jpg
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| genus = Acrocarpus
| parent_authority = Wight ex Arn.
| species = fraxinifolius
| authority = Arn.
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Acrocarpus is a genus of trees in the legume family, Fabaceae. It comprises one species, Acrocarpus fraxinifolius, the pink cedar, a large deciduous emergent tree native to Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India,{{Cite book|title=The Silviculture of Indian Trees, Vol. 2: Leguminosae (Caesalpinieae) to Verbenaceae (Classic Reprint)|last=Troup|first=Robert Scott|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1921|isbn=9781334002663|location=London|pages=15–17|url=https://archive.org/details/SilvicultureIndianTrees2}} Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal and Thailand.{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldagroforestry.org/treedb/AFTPDFS/Acrocarpus_fraxinifolius.PDF;|title=p. 2|website=Worldagroforestry.org|access-date=30 March 2022}} Its also known as Balangi or Kurungatti{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5Vvv6rLcjs8C&q=acrocarpus+fraxinifolius+balangi&pg=PA64|title=Agroforestery In India|last1=Tejwani|first1=K G|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|year=2002|isbn=9788170229186|page=64}} in India.
Uses
The species has been identified as one of the food plants of the endangered lion-tailed macaque during periods of fruit scarcity.{{cite journal|last1=Meghna|first1=Krishnadas|last2=Kumar|first2=Ajith|last3=K|first3=Chandrasekhara|date=2011|title=The response of the frugivorous lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus) to a period of fruit scarcity|journal=American Journal of Primatology|volume=73|issue=12|pages=1250–60|doi=10.1002/ajp.20997|pmid=21898517|s2cid=26837519}}
It is used as a shade tree in coffee plantations in India, where it is also a considered a species of choice for establishment in plantations in badly degraded areas unprotected from cattle grazing.{{cite journal|last1=J|first1=Proctor|title=Notes on Evergreen Rainforests of Karnataka State, South-West India|date=1986|journal=The Commonwealth Forestry Review|volume=65|issue=3 (204)|pages=227–232|jstor=42608089}} According to the bureau of Indian standards, the timber is recommended for the making of furniture, cabinets{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/gov.in.is.13622.1993/is.13622.1993_djvu.txt|title=IS 13622: Indian timbers for furnitures and cabinets- Classification|via=Archive.org|year=1993}} and tea boxes.{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/manualofthetimbe030145mbp/manualofthetimbe030145mbp_djvu.txt|format=TXT|title=Full text of "A Manual Of The Timbers Of The World"|website=Archive.org|access-date=30 March 2022}}
References
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Category:Monotypic Fabaceae genera
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