Pterocarpus marsupium Heartwood

DEFINITION

The article consists of the dried heartwood of Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb. (Family Fabaceae). It contains NLT 0.5% of pterostilbene, calculated on the dried basis.

SYNONYMS

Lingonum marsupium (Roxb.) Kuntze

Pterocarpus bilobus G.Don

POTENTIAL CONFOUNDING MATERIALS

None known

SELECTED COMMON NAMES

Bengali: Pitsal, pitshul, piyashal

Dutch: Kinoboom, kino de malobar

English: East Indian kino, Indian kino, Malabar kino

Hindi: Vijayasara, bija, asana

CONSTITUENTS OF INTEREST

Stilbene: Pterostilbene

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