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Johar
or
juar is the name of a kind of hardwood producing tree which belongs to the
tribe of Fabaceae (= Leguminosae, legumes). Trees often grown as street shading
are also known by similar names, such as juwar (Btw., Jw., Sd.), Or johor
(Mly.).
In Java is often also called
teak wesi. In Sumatra, this tree is also called persuasion or dulang. In
English this plant is called by some names such as black-wood cassia, blackwood
banana, kassod tree, Siamese senna and others. Its scientific name, siamea, refers
to its native land, Siam or Thailand.
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