Peltophorum

{{Short description|Genus of legumes}}

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| image = Peltophorum pterocarpum1.JPG

| image_caption = Peltophorum pterocarpum

| taxon = Peltophorum

| authority = (Vogel) Benth.

| type_species = Peltophorum vogelianum

| type_species_authority = Benth. [nom. illegit.]

| synonyms = Baryxylum Lour.

| synonyms_ref = {{cite web |title=Peltophorum (Vogel) Benth.. |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1166529-2 |access-date=14 September 2023}}

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Peltophorum is a genus of 5–15 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae.{{cite journal | author = The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). | year = 2017 | title = A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny | journal = Taxon | volume = 66 | issue = 1 | pages = 44–77 | doi = 10.12705/661.3| doi-access = free | hdl = 10568/90658 | hdl-access = free }} The genus is native to certain tropical regions across the world, including northern South America, central and southern Africa, Indochina, southeastern China, Malesia, New Guinea, and northern Australia. The species are medium-sized to large trees growing up to 15–25 m tall, rarely 50 m.Germplasm Resources Information Network: [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?9007 Peltophorum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014142510/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?9007 |date=2008-10-14 }}Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan {{ISBN|0-333-47494-5}}.