Biology:Pongamiopsis

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Short description: Genus of legumes

Pongamiopsis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Millettieae
Genus: Pongamiopsis
R.Vig. (1950)
Species[1]

3; see text

Pongamiopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes three species of trees and shrubs endemic to Madagascar .[2] They grow in seasonally-dry tropical woodland and xerophytic shrubland in northern, western, and southern Madagascar, often on limestone outcrops.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Pongamiopsis R.Vig. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  2. Harinantenaina, L., et al. (2010). Antiproliferative compounds from Pongamiopsis pervilleana from the Madagascar dry forest (1). Journal of Natural Products, 73(9), 1559-1562.

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