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
|genus = Wallaceodendron
|parent_authority = Koord.
|species = celebicum
|authority = Koord.
|synonyms = {{species list | Pithecellobium williamsii | Elmer}}
}}
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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Category:Monotypic Fabaceae genera
Category:Flora of the Philippines
Category:Plants described in 1898
Category:Taxa named by Sijfert Hendrik Koorders
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