Peltophorum dubium

Peltophorum dubium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Genus:	Peltophorum
Species:	P. dubium
Binomial name
	Peltophorum dubium; (Spreng.) Taub. (1892)
Synonyms
	Baryxylum dubium (Spreng.) Pierre (1899); Brasilettia dubia (Spreng.) Kuntze (1891); Caesalpinia dubia Spreng. (1825);

Peltophorum dubium is a tree in the family Fabaceae and subfamily Caesalpinioideae. This species is known as the Ibirá-pitá in Argentina and Paraguay,^{[citation needed]} árbol de Artigas in Uruguay,^{[citation needed]} and Cambuí ^[2] in Brazil. It is a large tree, growing around 20–25 meters, with a more or less straight trunk.

Foliage: bright green, and deciduous
Leaves: compound, bipinnate, large. Numerous leaves with a central nervous system.
Flowers: from 2 cm in diameter, arranged in bundles that end in spikes. The bright visible flowers are in corollas. They flower in the summer and at the beginning of autumn.
Fruits: indehiscent{?} legume, flat, leathery, and brown.
Seeds: cylindrical with hard nuts.