Scolopia spinosa
Details Top
| Internal ID | UUID6440340242fc8172830137 |
| Scientific name | Scolopia spinosa |
| Authority | (Roxb.) Warb. |
| First published in | Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(6a): 29 (1893) |
General Uses Top
Suggest a correction!Common products:
- Wood: small poles, tool handles, fuelwood.
Industrial and craft applications:
- Wood for construction of rural structures (e.g., fences, small sheds).
- Wood for crafting implements (e.g., hammers, chisels, handles).
Colorants and tanning:
- Bark: source of hydrolyzable tannins used for vegetable leather tanning.
Wood and fiber:
- Timber: dense hardwood; used for structural components of low‑load structures and for tool handles.
- Fuel wood: high calorific value suitable for domestic heating and charcoal production.
Properties relevant to use:
- Dense hardwood with average specific gravity ~0.80–0.85 g cm⁻³, good compressive strength and durability.
- Bark is rich in hydrolyzable (gallotannin) tannins, providing high leather‑tanning capacity.
Standards and regulation:
- Timber marketed under Indian Standard IS 877 (hardwood for construction) and IS 401 (timber grading).
- Tannin extracts are subject to BIS regulations for leather tanning and must meet environmental guidelines for effluent quality.
Sustainability and sourcing:
- Species occurs naturally in mixed deciduous forests of the Western Ghats and Sri Lanka; harvest is managed under regional forest department quotas.
- Sustainable harvesting guidelines emphasize selective cutting of mature individuals and regeneration through natural seed dispersal; no widespread plantation cultivation currently exists.
- Conservation status: not listed as threatened, but localized declines have prompted monitoring under regional biodiversity action plans.
Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
|---|---|---|
| Ludia spinosa | Roxb. | Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 , 2: 507 (1832) |
| Scolopia fragrans | Elmer | Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 5: 1780 (1913) |
| Scolopia roxburghii | Clos | Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 4, 8: 250 (1857) |
| Phoberos roxburghii | Benn | Pl. Jav. Rar. : 192 (1840) |
Germination/Propagation Top
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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
Legend for the distribution data:
- Doubtful data
- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
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Asia-tropical click to expand
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Indo-China
- Cambodia
- Laos
- Myanmar
- Nicobar Nicobar
- Thailand
- Vietnam
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Malesia
- Borneo
- Jawa
- Lesser Sunda Islands
- Malaya
- Philippines
- Sulawesi
- Sumatera
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Indo-China
Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
|---|---|
| World Flora Online | wfo-0000913967 |
| Tropicos | 100432006 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:112088-1 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 213625 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 179717 |
| IUCN Red List | 136131882 |
| IPNI | 112088-1 |
| GBIF | 3878944 |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
No reference genome is available on NCBI yet. We are constantly monitoring for new data.
Scientific Literature Top
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| Title | Authors | Publication | Released | IDs | ||
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| Scoloposides A–E, a series of 2-glucopyranosyloxy-5-hydroxybenzyl alcohol derivatives from Scolopia spinosa | Khozirah Shaari, Peter G. Waterman | Elsevier BV | 25-Jul-2002 |
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Collections Top
| In private collections | 0 |
| In public collections | 0 |