Peterodendron

Peterodendron is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Achariaceae. The only species is Peterodendron ovatum.^[2]

Peterodendron
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Achariaceae
Genus:	Peterodendron Sleumer
Species:	P. ovatum
Binomial name
Peterodendron ovatum (Sleumer) Sleumer
Synonyms[1]
Poggea ovata Sleumer

It is native to Tanzania.^[1]

The genus name of Peterodendron is in honour of Gustav Albert Peter (1853–1937), a German botanist.^[3] The Latin specific epithet of ovatum means egg, it is derived from ovum.^[4] It was first described and published in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem Vol.13 on page 357 in 1936.^[1]