Wallaceodendron

{{Short description|Genus of legumes}}

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|image = Gardenology.org-IMG 1971 hunt08sep.jpg

|image_caption = Wallaceodendron celebicum in greenhouse at Huntington Gardens

| status = NT

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author= Energy Development Corporation (EDC) |date=2024 |title= Wallaceodendron celebicum |volume=2024 |page= e.T33262A67804529 |doi= 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T33262A67804529.en |access-date=May 28, 2025}}

|genus = Wallaceodendron

|parent_authority = Koord.

|species = celebicum

|authority = Koord.

|synonyms = {{species list | Pithecellobium williamsii | Elmer}}

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Wallaceodendron celebicum is species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is a tree native to the Philippines and Sulawesi. Typical habitat is tropical coastal and inland rain forest from sea level to 850 meters elevation.[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:23802-1 Wallaceodendron Koord.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 September 2023. It is the sole species in genus Wallaceodendron. The genus belongs to the mimosoid clade of the 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 }}

Timber from the tree, known as banúyo (ironwood) or derham mahogany, is used for furniture, cabinet making, and flooring.

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