The genus, ''Pterolobium'' (from
Gr. πτερόν ''pterón'', meaning "wing", and λόβιον ''lóbion'', meaning "pod" or "capsule", alluding to the winged fruit), consists of 10 species of perennial
flowering plants in the family
, subfamily
Caesalpinioideae
Caesalpinioideae is a botanical name at the rank of subfamily, placed in the large family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. Its name is formed from the generic name ''Caesalpinia''. It is known also as the peacock flower subfamily. The Caesalpinioideae ...
and tribe
Caesalpinieae
The tribe Caesalpinieae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family Fabaceae: subfamily Caesalpinioideae.
Genera
Caesalpinieae once included many more genera, but modern molecular phylogenetics indicated that these should be transferred to ot ...
.
They are sometimes called redwings and are native to the tropical to subtropical climes of Africa and Asia, including Indonesia and the Philippines. They are large scrambling or climbing shrubs that grow in riverside thickets, on rocky slopes or at forest margins. They bear colourful
samara
Samara ( rus, Сама́ра, p=sɐˈmarə), known from 1935 to 1991 as Kuybyshev (; ), is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast. The city is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Samara (Volga), Samara rivers, with ...
fruit, and have pairs of thorns below the
rachis of their
bipinnate leaves.
Species
''Pterolobium'' comprises the following species:
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Pterolobium borneense''
Merrill
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Pterolobium densiflorum''
Prain
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Pterolobium hexapetalum
''Pterolobium hexapetalum'', the Indian redwing, camp siege or bhoca,From the Irula language in the Nilgiris is a flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is found from Burma, Bhutan and Bangladesh to southern India, where it occurs up ...
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(Roth) Santapau & Wagh ― camp siege
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Pterolobium integrum''
Craib
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Pterolobium macropterum''
Kurz (synonym ''P. sinense'')
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Pterolobium membranulaceum''
(Blanco) Merrill
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Pterolobium micranthum''
Gagnep., emend. Craib
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Pterolobium microphyllum''
Miq.
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Pterolobium punctatum''
Hemsl.
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Pterolobium stellatum
''Pterolobium stellatum'' (Latin: ''stellatum'', starry or star-like, suggesting the radial arrangement of inflorescences), the redwing, is a perennial flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae.
Range and habitat
It is the only member of t ...
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(Forssk.) Brenan ― redwing (synonym ''P. lacerans'')
References
External links
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* Authors and publications
Pterolobium International plant names index
Fabaceae genera
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