# Pericopsis

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***Pericopsis*** is a genus of [flowering plants](/source/Flowering_plant) in the legume family, [Fabaceae](/source/Fabaceae). It includes four species of trees and shrubs, three native to sub-Saharan Africa and one to Sri Lanka, [Malesia](/source/Malesia), [New Guinea](/source/New_Guinea), and the [Caroline Islands](/source/Caroline_Islands). Typical habitats include tropical lowland forest (including riverine or mangrove forests for the Asian species) and seasonally-dry woodland and wooded grassland.[1]

Trees of the genus provide excellent timber which is used as a substitute for [teak](/source/Teak) in cabinet work and furniture making.[1]

## Species

*Pericopsis* comprises the following species:[1][2][3]

- *[Pericopsis angolensis](/source/Pericopsis_angolensis)* (Baker) Meeuwen
- *[Pericopsis elata](/source/Pericopsis_elata)* (Harms) Meeuwen — African teak
- *[Pericopsis laxiflora](/source/Pericopsis_laxiflora)* (Baker) Meeuwen
- *[Pericopsis mooniana](/source/Pericopsis_mooniana)* Thwaites — Nandu wood

## References

1. [*Pericopsis* Thwaites](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:23188-1). *[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online)*. Retrieved 14 September 2023.

1. ["ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for *Pericopsis*"](http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?version~10.01&genus~Pericopsis&species~). *International Legume Database & Information Service*. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 3 July 2014.

1. USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. ["GRIN species records of *Pericopsis*"](http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?9105). *[Germplasm Resources Information Network](/source/Germplasm_Resources_Information_Network)—(GRIN) [Online Database]*. [National Germplasm Resources Laboratory](/source/Henry_A._Wallace_Beltsville_Agricultural_Research_Center), Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 3 July 2014.

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