Taxon: Intsia bijuga (Colebr.) Kuntze

• the 7 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• Borneo-teak   (Source: Trop Leg ) – English
  
• Johnstone River-teak   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• Moluccan ironwood   (Source: Trop Leg ) – English
  
• Pacific-teak   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• scrub-mahogany   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• vesi   (Source: web document) – Fijian
  
• merbau asam   (Source: Pl Res SEAs 5:269.) – Indonesian
  
• tashiro-mame   (Source: F Japan ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• merbau   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Materials: wood   (fide Pl Res SEAs 5(1):269. 1993; Trop Leg)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide web document)
  

More:

View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  East Tropical Africa: Tanzania - Zanzibar [incl. Zanzibar]
  Western Indian Ocean: Madagascar; Seychelles
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Eastern Asia: Taiwan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India [coastal]
  Indo-China: Cambodia [coastal]; Myanmar [coastal]; Thailand [s.]; Vietnam
  Malesia: Indonesia; Malaysia; Papua New Guinea; Philippines
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia - Queensland [n.]
• PACIFIC
  Northwestern Pacific: Micronesia; Palau
  Southwestern Pacific: Fiji; New Caledonia; Samoa; Solomon Islands; Vanuatu

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960–. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
• Elevitch, C. R., ed. The traditional tree initiative: species profiles for Pacific Island agroforestry (on-line resource).
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
• Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
• Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan.
• National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future.
• Smith, A. C. 1979–1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
• Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970–. Flora of Thailand.
• Soerianegara, I. & R. H. M. J. Lemmens, eds. 1993. Timber trees: major commercial timbers. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 5(1):269.
• Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948–. Flora malesiana.
• Thaman, R. R. et al. 2006. Intsia bijuga (vesi). 1–17. [re. use as folklore medicine].
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa.
• Verdcourt, B. 1979. A manual of New Guinea legumes.
• Whitmore, T. C., ed. 1972–. Tree flora of Malaya.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Intsia bijuga.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Intsia bijuga.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Intsia bijuga.

Synonyms:

• (=) Afzelia cambodiensis Hance
  
• (=) Afzelia retusa Kurz
  
• (=) Intsia cambodiensis (Hance) Pierre
  
• (=) Intsia retusa (Kurz) Kuntze
  
• (≡) Macrolobium bijugum Colebr. (basionym)
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other web resources for Intsia bijuga (Colebr.) Kuntze:

• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• ILDIS: World Database of Legumes
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images or nodulation data:

• GRIN nodulation data

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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