Pterocymbium

Pterocymbium
Seeds of Pterocymbium tinctorium
P. tinctorium taken in Pesawaran Regency, Sumatra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Subfamily:	Sterculioideae
Genus:	Pterocymbium
Species
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Pterocymbium is a genus in the family Malvaceae: in the subfamily Sterculioideae and previously placed in the Sterculiaceae. In Indonesia, P. tinctorium (Kelumbuk) is a significant timber tree.

In Viet Nam the name for this genus is Dực nang with two species listed:

Both are deciduous trees, approximately 25 m high, from seasonal tropical forests in and adjacent to Dong Nai Province.

To date (2017) all species of are unresolved; in addition the Catalogue of Life lists:

The pictures above show the trunk and canopy of Pterocymbium tinctorium at the end of the dry season.

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