{{Short description|Genus of plants}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Pterocymbium tinctorium 011.JPG | image_caption = Seeds of ''Pterocymbium tinctorium'' | image2 = Pterocy tinctori 090911-13065 hurn.JPG | image2_caption = ''P. tinctorium'' taken in Pesawaran Regency, Sumatra | taxon = Pterocymbium | authority = R.Br. (1844) | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text | synonyms = }}

'''''Pterocymbium'''''<ref>[http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=924866-1&back_page=%2Fipni%2FeditAdvPlantNameSearch.do%3Ffind_infragenus%3D%26find_isAPNIRecord%3Dtrue%26find_geoUnit%3D%26find_includePublicationAuthors%3Dtrue%26find_addedSince%3D%26find_family%3D%26find_genus%3DPterocymbium%26find_sortByFamily%3Dtrue%26find_isGCIRecord%3Dtrue%26find_infrafamily%3D%26find_rankToReturn%3Dall%26find_publicationTitle%3D%26find_authorAbbrev%3D%26find_infraspecies%3D%26find_includeBasionymAuthors%3Dtrue%26find_modifiedSince%3D%26find_isIKRecord%3Dtrue%26find_species%3D%26output_format%3Dnormal Brown R (1844) ''Pl. Jav. Rar.'' (Bennett) 219. t. 45.]</ref> is a genus in the family Malvaceae: in the subfamily Sterculioideae and previously placed in the Sterculiaceae.<ref name = "COL"/> In Indonesia, ''P. tinctorium'' (''Kelumbuk'') is a significant timber tree.

== Species == ''Plants of the World Online'' currently (2025) accepts 12 species.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:924866-1 |website = Plants of the World Online|publisher = Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |title = ''Pterocymbium'' R.Br. |access-date = 4 November 2025}}</ref> * ''Pterocymbium beccarii'' {{small|K.Schum.}} – New Guinea * ''Pterocymbium dongnaiense'' {{small|Pierre}} – Laos and Vietnam<sup>§</sup> * ''Pterocymbium dussaudii'' {{small|Tardieu}} – Laos * ''Pterocymbium macranthum'' {{small|Kosterm.}} – Thailand and Myanmar * ''Pterocymbium micranthum'' {{small|Mildbr.}} – Bismarck Archipelago * ''Pterocymbium oceanicum'' {{small|A.C.Sm.}} – Fiji * ''Pterocymbium parviflorum'' {{small|Merr.}} – Borneo * ''Pterocymbium splendens'' {{small|Kosterm.}} – Borneo * ''Pterocymbium stipitatum'' {{small|C.T.White & W.D.Francis}} – New Guinea * ''Pterocymbium tinctorium'' {{small|(Blanco) Merr.}} – Indo-China, Malesia (including Philippines) * ''Pterocymbium tubulatum'' {{small|(Mast.) Pierre}} – Peninsular Malaysia * ''Pterocymbium viridiflorum'' {{small|Teijsm. & Binn. ex Koord.}} – Sulawesi

<sup>§ </sup>In Viet Nam the name for this genus is ''Dực nang'' with two species listed:<ref name = "CCVN"/> * ''P. dongnaiense'' <small> Pierre</small>: ''Dực nang Ðồng nai'' * ''P. tinctorium''<small> (Blanco) Merr.</small>: ''Dực nang nhuộm'' Both are deciduous trees, approximately 25 m high, found in tropical forests.

== References == <references> <ref name = "COL">{{cite web |url= http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2014/browse/tree/id/17090519|title= Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist.|accessdate= 26 May 2014 |author= Roskov Y. |author2= Kunze T. |author3= Orrell T. |author4= Abucay L. |author5= Paglinawan L. |author6= Culham A. |author7= Bailly N. |author8= Kirk P. |author9= Bourgoin T. |author10= Baillargeon G. |author11= Decock W. |author12= De Wever A. |editor= Didžiulis V.|year= 2014|publisher=Species 2000: Reading, UK.}}</ref> <ref name = "CCVN">Phạm Hoàng Hộ (1999) ''Cây Cỏ Việt Nam: an Illustrated Flora of Vietnam'' vol. I publ. Nhà Xuẩt Bản Trẻ, HCMC, VN</ref> </references>

== External links== * {{commonscat inline|Pterocymbium|position=left}} * [http://powo.science.kew.org/?q=Pterocymbium POWO: ''Pterocymbium'']

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Category:Malvaceae genera Category:Sterculioideae Category:Flora of tropical Asia Category:Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773) Category:Plants described in 1844