Pterodon (plant)
Pterodon is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.
Pterodon can be distinguished from other members of the Dipterygeae as follows:
the leaf rachis is exalate, the fruit is a cryptosamara with oil glands in the epicarp, the seed testa is smooth and the raphe is apparent, with the hilum in a lateral position covered by an aril and a smooth embryo.
Species
It contains only two species:
- Pterodon abruptus Benth.
- Pterodon emarginatus Vogel
