{{Short description|Species of legumelam}} {{Speciesbox |image = Pterocarpus marsupium - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-252.jpg |status = NT |status_system = IUCN3.1 |status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Barstow, M. |date=2017 |title=''Pterocarpus marsupium'' |volume=2017 |article-number=e.T34620A67802995 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T34620A67802995.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref> |genus = Pterocarpus |species = marsupium |authority = Roxburgh |synonyms = *''Pterocarpus marsupium f. acuminata'' <small>(Prain) Prain </small> *''Pterocarpus marsupium f. acuta'' <small>Prain </small> *''Pterocarpus marsupium f. biloba'' <small>(Roxb. ex G. Don) Prain </small><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-31229 | title = Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb. | publisher = theplantlist.org}}</ref> }}
'''''Pterocarpus marsupium''''', also known as '''Malabar kino'''<ref>{{PLANTS|id=PTMA3|taxon=Pterocarpus marsupium|access-date=15 October 2015}}</ref> or '''Indian kino''', is a medium-to-large, deciduous tree that can grow up to {{convert|31|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} tall. It is native to India (where it occurs in parts of the Western Ghats in the Karnataka-Kerala region and in the forests of Central India), Nepal, and Sri Lanka.
<gallery> File:Pterocarpus marsupium bark.jpg|''Pterocarpus marsupium'' bark File:Pterocarpus marsupium 1.jpg|''Pterocarpus marsupium'' tree File:Pterocarpus marsupium seeds - Kunming Botanical Garden - DSC03234.JPG|''Pterocarpus marsupium'' seeds (Kunming Botanical Garden) </gallery>
== Phytochemistry ==
''Pterocarpus marsupium'' contains 2,3,6-trimethyl-1,4-naphthoquinone (also called 2,3,6-trimethylnaphthalene-1,4-dione or TM-NQ), which, in vitro, is a reversible monoamine oxidase inhibitor occurring in tobacco leaf, and may cause skin, eye and respiratory irritation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/1_4-Naphthalenedione_-2_3_6-trimethyl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240320215324/https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/1_4-Naphthalenedione_-2_3_6-trimethyl|archive-date=March 20, 2024|title=1,4-Naphthalenedione, 2,3,6-trimethyl-(compound)|publisher=PubChem, US National Library of Medicine|date=16 March 2024|access-date=20 March 2024}}</ref>
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marsupium Category:Flora of the Indian subcontinent
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