Pericopsis
Genus of legumes
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pericopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes four species of trees and shrubs, three native to sub-Saharan Africa and one to Sri Lanka, Malesia, New Guinea, and the Caroline Islands. Typical habitats include tropical lowland forest (including riverine or mangrove forests for the Asian species) and seasonally-dry woodland and wooded grassland.[1]
_(6430642865).jpg)
| Pericopsis | |
|---|---|
| |
| Nedun tree, Pericopsis mooniana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Clade: | Meso-Papilionoideae |
| Clade: | Genistoids |
| Genus: | Pericopsis Thwaites (1864) |
| Species[1] | |
|
4; see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
Afrormosia Harms (1906) | |
Trees of the genus provide excellent timber which is used as a substitute for teak in cabinet work and furniture making.[1]
Species
Pericopsis comprises the following species:[1][2][3]
- Pericopsis angolensis (Baker) Meeuwen
- Pericopsis elata (Harms) Meeuwen — African teak
- Pericopsis laxiflora (Baker) Meeuwen
- Pericopsis mooniana Thwaites — Nandu wood
