Protorhus

Protorhus is a small genus of Afrotropical trees in the family Anacardiaceae. It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.^[1]

Protorhus
P. longifolia at Kirstenbosch
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Anacardiaceae
Subfamily:	Anacardioideae
Genus:	Protorhus Engl.
Type species
Protorhus longifolia (Bernh.) Engl.

Taxonomy

Protorhus is placed in tribe Rhoeae, subfamily Anacardioideae of the family Anacardiaceae. The genus Abrahamia with 19 Madagascan taxa was separated from Protorhus in 2004.(Pell 2004)

Species

The species are:^[2]

• Protorhus fulva Engl. – Madagascar
• Protorhus longifolia (Bernh.) Engl. – South Africa
• Protorhus thouarsii Engl.

Formerly listed;

• Protorhus buxifolia H. Perrier, transferred to Abrahamia buxifolia (H. Perrier) Randrian. & Lowry