Narra tree Angsana

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Narra tree

***** Location: Philippines
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Plant

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Explanation

Pterocarpus indicus
(Pashu Padauk, Malay Paduak, New Guinea Rosewood, or, ambiguously, "Narra" which can refer to several Pterocarpus species) is a species of Pterocarpus native to southeastern Asia, northern Australasia, and the western Pacific Ocean islands, in Cambodia, southernmost China, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the Ryukyu Islands, the Solomon Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam.



Other names include Narra (Philippines),
Sonokembang (Indonesia),
Angsana or Sena (Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore),
Tnug (Cambodia).

It is the national tree of the Philippines, as well as the provincial tree of Chonburi and Phuket in Thailand.


The hardwood, which is purplish, is termite resistant and rose-scented. The wood known in Indonesia as amboyna is the burl of the tree, named after Ambon, where much of this material was originally found.
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Narra or Angsana (Pterocarpus indicus)

Philippine National Symbol or Mga Pambansang Sagisag ng Pilipinas
Narra tree is a striking, large and strong shady tree. It is one of the most wanted wood for furniture but because there are only a few trees left, cutting down a Narra tree is no longer allowed. It is mostly found in Bicol, Mindanao and the Cagayan Valley forests. The Narra trees grow all over the Philippine islands and are mostly found and grown in Bicol, Mindanao and the Cagayan Valley forests.

Other trees
Anahaw or Fan palm (Livistona rotundifolia in Latin)
Mangga (Mangifera indica)

and specialities of the Philippines:

source : philhistoricalsymbol



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Worldwide use


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Things found on the way


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HAIKU

scorching heat
golden narra flowers
dance in the air

narra blooms -
golden yellow showers
on a hot summer

©　Ao-Suzume / Wilfredo R. Bongcaron, 2009
Kigo Hotline



a drizzle
of golden narra flowers...
sparrows fly

narra pods
after all the golden showers
are just gone

- Shared by Bos Tsip -
Joys of Japan, 2012



source :　bookofshadowseressea



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lunch on roastered fish
watching the old angsana
drizzling out door


angsana
a kind of tree with canopy-like shades,nice place for bird nest and leaves going to drop in October and November.
Nowadays most of the trees had been cut down,to give way for high-rise buildings, only a few left decaying away by monsoon rain and shine

- Shared by Mokhtar Sah Malik - Malaysia -
Joys of Japan, 2012



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Related words

WKD : Trees in Japan


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