''Brandzeia'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s in the

legume Legumes are plants in the pea family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seeds of such plants. When used as a dry grain for human consumption, the seeds are also called pulses. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for human consum ...

family,

Fabaceae Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomen ...

. It belongs to the subfamily

Detarioideae The subfamily Detarioideae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family Fabaceae (legumes). This subfamily includes many tropical trees, some of which are used for timber or have ecological importance. The subfamily consists of 84 genera, mos ...

. It has only one species, ''Brandzeia filicifolia'', a tree native to northern and western Madagascar. ''Brandzeia filicifolia'' is a large deciduous tree, growing to 20 to 25 meters tall. It grows in deciduous woodland, chiefly on limestone substrates including ''

tsingy Tsingy may refer to: * Tsingy, a type of karst topography Karst () is a topography formed from the dissolution of soluble carbonate rocks such as limestone and Dolomite (rock), dolomite. It is characterized by features like poljes above and ...

'', and also on sand, basalt, and gneiss and in seasonally-inundated areas, from sea level up to 350 meters elevation. Wood from the trees is used non-commercially firewood and timber. The species' dry forest and woodland habitat is subject to habitat loss and fragmentation from forest clearance and over-exploitation of wood, and livestock grazing.

References

Detarioideae Monotypic Fabaceae genera Endemic flora of Madagascar Plants described in 1869 Taxa named by Henri Ernest Baillon {{Detarioideae-stub