| Ptycholobium | |
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| Ptycholobium biflorum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Millettieae |
| Genus: | Ptycholobium Harms (1915) |
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Sylitra E.Mey. 1835 | |
Ptycholobium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes three species of shrubs and herbs native to sub-Saharan Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula. Typical habitats include tropical seasonally-dry woodland, wooded grassland, and shrubland, usually in sandy soil.[1] The genus belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be synonymous with Tephrosia.[2]
- ^ a b Ptycholobium Harms. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- ^ Brummitt, R. K. (1980). "Reconsideration of the Genera Ptycholobium, Caulocarpus, Lupinophyllum and Requienia in Relation to Tephrosia (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae)". Kew Bulletin. 35 (3): 459–473. Bibcode:1980KewBu..35..459B. doi:10.2307/4110015. ISSN 0075-5974. JSTOR 4110015.