Dalbergia baronii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Dalbergia
Species:
D. baronii
Binomial name
Dalbergia baronii
Baker.

Dalbergia baronii [2] is a species of flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar.[3] It is named after the English missionary and botanist Rev. Richard Baron.

Description

Vegetative characters

Dalbergia baronii is a shrub to large tree. The leaves are imparipinnate, 3–7.5 cm long, and have a hairy rachis. The 19–25 alternate leaflets are 0.5–2 cm long, mostly glabrous and glossy above, and with dense and long hairs beneath.[3]

Generative characters

It forms axillary inflorescences that are paniculate and distinctively shorter than the subtending leaves. The flowers are white, 4–5 mm long, and have a violin-shaped standard petal and pubescent gynoecium. The fruits usually contain one seed (rarely up to three seeds). The pericarp is "indistinctly veined, slightly thickened, corky and fissured over the seed".[3]

Similar species

Habitat and distribution

Dalbergia baronii inhabits evergreen lowland forests, marshes and mangrove stands along the East coast of Madagascar.[3] It occurs from sea level up to 150 m, rarely up to an elevation of 600 m.[3]

Uses

It produces a durable, black-striped heartwood[4] that is locally used for cabinet making, furniture and marquetry.[3] It was internationally traded, notably to produce guitar bodies and fingerboards,[4] amongst others.

Conservation status

The IUCN Red List lists Dalbergia baronii as vulnerable.[5] Its natural stands have drastically declined in response to both habitat loss and selective logging.[6] The natural habitat of Dalbergia baronii is among the most threatened Malagasy habitats.[7]

Due to overexploitation and the risk of confusion with similar species, Dalbergia baronii and other Dalbergia species from Madagascar were listed in CITES Appendix II[8] in 2013, currently with a zero export quota.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Du Puy, D. (1998). "Dalbergia baronii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T33955A9824813. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T33955A9824813.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Dalbergia baronii". Catalogue of the Plants of Madagascar - Tropicos. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bosser, J. & Rabevohitra, R. (2002). "Tribe Dalbergieae". In Du Puy, D.J. (ed.). The Leguminosae of Madagascar. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. p. 329. ISBN 1-900347-91-1.
  4. 1 2 "Madagascar Rosewood". The Wood Database. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  5. ↑ Du Puy, D.J. (1998). "Dalbergia baronii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T33955A9824813. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T33955A9824813.en.
  6. ↑ Schuurman D, Lowry II P (2009). "The Madagascar rosewood massacre". Madagascar Conservation & Development. 4 (2): 98–102. doi:10.4314/mcd.v4i2.48649.
  7. ↑ Ganzhorn J, Lowry II P, Schatz G, Sommer S (2001). "The biodiversity of Madagascar: one of the world's hottest hotspots on its way out". Oryx. 35 (4): 346–348. doi:10.1046/j.1365-3008.2001.00201.x.
  8. ↑ "CITES appendices I, II and III". Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  9. ↑ How CITES works
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