AFZELIA XYLOCARPALeguminosae - Caessalpiniodeae

COMMON COMMON NAMES IN NAMES IN THAILANDTHAILAND

•Makhaa-mong

•Makhaa-yai

•Makhaa-laung

•Makhaa-hau-kham

•The tree grows up to 30m

•Its trunk has a tendency to be crooked and forked

•Leaves compound with 3 to 5 pairs of leaflets

•Seeds are large, shiny black or dark brown with a thick seed coat

Life spanLife span

•Perennial

•Lives for more than two years and for an indefinite period of time

usesuses•The wood is highly valuable and used for many purposes, including high quality furniture, wood carving, and house construction.

•The bark is used for tanning animal skins and the fatty cotyledons of young seeds are edible.

•It is nitrogen fixing and suitable in agro forestry and for soil improvement.

•Planting is carried out only on a very small scale, mainly for genetic conservation purposes

Where it’s Where it’s foundfound

•The species is native to Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam. In the natural areas of distribution, it grows within an altitude range of 100 – 650m in areas with uniform rainfall regime.

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