Duckeodendron

Duckeodendron is a genus of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae represented by a single species, Duckeodendron cestroides. A tree reaching 15 to 30 m, it is found in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil. Its common names include pincel-de-macaco and pupunharana. João Geraldo Kuhlmann described it in 1925 and named it for the collector, Adolpho Ducke.

Duckeodendron
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Solanaceae
Genus:	Duckeodendron Kuhlm. (1925)
Species:	D. cestroides
Binomial name
Duckeodendron cestroides Kuhlm.

Taxonomy

It seems to be basal within Solanaceae and has not been assigned to any existing subfamily.^[1]