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Pterolobium
The Redwing genus, Pterolobium (from Gr. πτερόν pterón, meaning "wing", and λόβιον lóbion, meaning "pod" or "capsule", alluding to the winged fruit), consists of 10 species of perennial flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. They are native to the tropical to subtropical climes of Africa and Asia, including Indonesia and the Philippines. They are large scrambling or climbing shrubs that grow in riverside thickets, on rocky slopes or at forest margins. They bear colourful samara...
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Pterolobium hexapetalum
speciesPterolobium hexapetalum
Red-Wing
speciesPterolobium stellatum
Pterolobium punctatum
speciesPterolobium punctatum
Pterolobium macropterum
speciesPterolobium macropterum
Pterolobium micranthum
speciesPterolobium micranthum
Pterolobium microphyllum
speciesPterolobium microphyllum
Pterolobium membranulaceum
speciesPterolobium membranulaceum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 142428.