''Centrolobium'' is a Neotropical 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 family

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

, assigned to the informal

monophyletic In biological cladistics for the classification of organisms, monophyly is the condition of a taxonomic grouping being a clade – that is, a grouping of organisms which meets these criteria: # the grouping contains its own most recent co ...

''Pterocarpus'' clade of the

Dalbergieae The tribe Dalbergieae is an early-branching clade within the flowering plant subfamily Faboideae (or Papilionaceae). Within that subfamily, it belongs to an unranked clade called the dalbergioids. It was recently revised to include many genera ...

. The genus comprises mostly large trees to 30 m tall, characterised by an abundance of orange peltate glands that cover most parts of the plant, and fruits that are large winged samaras to 30 cm long with a spiny basal seed chamber.

Species

''Centrolobium'' comprises the following species: * '' Centrolobium microchaete'' (Mart. ex Benth.) H.C. Lima—canarywood, tarara amarilla * '' Centrolobium ochroxylum'' Rudd * '' Centrolobium paraense'' Tul. * '' Centrolobium robustum'' (Vell.) Mart. ex Benth. * '' Centrolobium sclerophyllum'' H.C. Lima * '' Centrolobium tomentosum'' Guill. ex Benth. * '' Centrolobium yavizanum'' Pittier—amarillo de Guayaquil

References

* * Dalbergieae Fabaceae genera Decorative fruits and seeds Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Dalbergieae-stub