Uses

This tree is best suited for agroforestry and social forestry. Used as a shade tree in the tea and coffee plantations of South India. Gum-keno obtained from Pterocarpus is used for dyeing, printing, tanning etc. Leaves are used as cattle feed and green manure. Flowers and bark have medicinal properties also. Timber is used for the manufacture of posts, buildings, beams, furniture, boat, agricultural instruments etc.