Pongamiopsis | |
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Scientific classification | |
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]