''Ptycholobium'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s in the family
. It includes three species of shrubs and herbs native to sub-Saharan Africa and the southern
Arabian Peninsula
The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Arabian Peninsula" or , , "Island of the Arabs") or Arabia, is a peninsula of Western Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate ...
. Typical habitats include tropical seasonally-dry woodland, wooded grassland, and shrubland, usually in sandy soil.
[ The genus belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be synonymous with '' Tephrosia''.]
References
Millettieae
Fabaceae genera
Afrotropical realm flora
Taxa named by Hermann Harms
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