Zollernia

Zollernia
Zollernia latifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Tribe:	Exostyleae
Genus:	Zollernia Wied-Neuw. & Nees (1827)
Species[1][2]
Zollernia cowanii Mansano Zollernia glabra (Spreng.) Yakovlev Zollernia glaziovii Yakovlev Zollernia grandifolia Schery Zollernia ilicifolia (Brongn.) Vogel Zollernia kanukuensis R.S.Cowan Zollernia latifolia Benth. Zollernia paraensis Huber Zollernia splendens Wied-Neuw. & Nees
Synonyms[3]
Acidandra Mart. ex Spreng. (1830) Coquebertia Brongn. (1833)

Zollernia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 10 species native to South America, ranging from Venezuela and the Guianas to southern Brazil.^[3] Zollernia are trees or shrubs that flower annually. Species are most commonly found in dense moist forests, but also grow in seasonally-dry cerrado (savanna and open woodland) and caatinga (deciduous thorn woodland and scrub).^[3]

Leaves of Zollernia ilicifolia are used medicinally as an analgesic and antiulcerogenic by the peoples of the Brazilian tropical Atlantic Rainforest.