Pterodon emarginatus

Pterodon emarginatus

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Genus:	Pterodon
Species:	P. emarginatus
Binomial name
*Pterodon emarginatus* Vogel
Synonyms
Acosmium inornatum (Mohlenbr.) Yakovlev Commilobium polygalaeflorus Benth. Commilobium pubescens Benth. Pterodon apparicioi Pedersoli Pterodon polygalaeflorus (Benth.) Benth Pterodon polygaliflorus (Benth.) Benth. Pterodon pubescens (Benth.) Benth. Sweetia inornata Mohlenbr.

Pterodon emarginatus (Portuguese: Sucupira-branca) is a Brazilian legume of the Cerrado. Widely distributed in the west of Minas Gerais and in Goiás, Brazil, the fruit oil of this plant is used to deter skin penetration by Schistosome cercariae.