Peterodendron

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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| genus = Peterodendron

| parent_authority = Sleumer

| species = ovatum

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|synonyms = Poggea ovata {{small|Sleumer}}

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Peterodendron is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Achariaceae. The only species is Peterodendron ovatum.{{cite web |title=Peterodendron Sleumer {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:16425-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=27 May 2021 |language=en}}

It is native to Tanzania.

The genus name of Peterodendron is in honour of Gustav Albert Peter (1853–1937), a German botanist.{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition |trans-title=Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2018 | isbn=978-3-946292-26-5 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018 |format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2018 |access-date=1 January 2021}} The Latin specific epithet of ovatum means egg, it is derived from ovum.{{cite book | last=Harrison |first=Lorraine | title=RHS Latin for Gardeners | year=2012 |publisher=Mitchell Beazley | location=United Kingdom | isbn=978-1845337315 }}

It was first described and published in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem Vol.13 on page 357 in 1936.