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Pterocarpus santalinoides

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Pterocarpus santalinoides
Pterocarpus santalinoides inflorescences, Comoé-Léraba reserve, Burkina Faso
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Pterocarpus
Species:
P. santalinoides
Binomial name
Pterocarpus santalinoides
Synonyms[3]

Lingoum esculentum (Schum. & Thonn.) Kuntze
Pterocarpus amazonicus Huber
Pterocarpus esculentus Schum. & Thonn.
Pterocarpus grandis Cowan
Pterocarpus michelii Cowan

Pterocarpus santalinoides is a tree species in the legume family (biology) (Fabaceae); it is locally known as mututi.[3]

It has a remarkable bi-continental distribution, native to tropical western Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo) and also to South America (Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela).[4]

It grows to 9–12 m tall, with a trunk up to 1 m in diameter and flaky bark. The leaves are pinnate, 10–20 cm long, with 5–9 leaflets. The flowers are orange-yellow, produced in panicles. The fruit is a pod 3.5–6 cm long, with a wing extending three-quarters around the margin.[5]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group.; Botanic Gardens Conservation International; et al. (BGCI) (2019). "Pterocarpus santalinoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T33471A156109978. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T33471A156109978.en.
  2. ^ "Pterocarpus santalinoides". Actos Database. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  3. ^ a b ILDIS (2005)
  4. ^ Prado (1998), ILDIS (2005)
  5. ^ World Agroforestry Centre: Pterocarpus santalinoides

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