{{Short description|Species of legume}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}} {{Speciesbox |image = Pterocarpus santalinoides MS 4518.jpg |image_caption = ''Pterocarpus santalinoides'' inflorescences, Comoé-Léraba reserve, Burkina Faso |status = LC |status_system = IUCN3.1 |status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group. |author2=Botanic Gardens Conservation International |collaboration=BGCI |date=2019 |title=''Pterocarpus santalinoides'' |volume=2019 |article-number=e.T33471A156109978 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T33471A156109978.en}}</ref> |genus = Pterocarpus |species = santalinoides |authority = DC.<ref>{{cite web|title = Pterocarpus santalinoides|url = http://arctos.database.museum/name/Pterocarpus%20santalinoides|website = Actos Database|access-date = 9 April 2018}}</ref> |synonyms_ref = <ref name = ildis2005>ILDIS (2005)</ref> |synonyms = ''Lingoum esculentum'' <small>(Schum. & Thonn.) Kuntze</small><br /> ''Pterocarpus amazonicus'' <small>Huber</small><br /> ''Pterocarpus esculentus'' <small>Schum. & Thonn.</small><br /> ''Pterocarpus grandis'' <small>Cowan</small><br /> ''Pterocarpus michelii'' <small>Cowan</small> }}

'''''Pterocarpus santalinoides''''' is a tree species in the legume family (biology) (Fabaceae); it is locally known as '''''mututi'''''.<ref name = ildis2005 />

It has a remarkable bi-continental distribution, native to tropical western Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo) and also to South America (Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela).<ref>Prado (1998), ILDIS (2005)</ref>

It grows to 9–12 m tall, with a trunk up to 1 m in diameter and flaky bark. The leaves are pinnate, 10–20&nbsp;cm long, with 5–9 leaflets. The flowers are orange-yellow, produced in panicles. The fruit is a pod 3.5–6&nbsp;cm long, with a wing extending three-quarters around the margin.<ref name=wafc>World Agroforestry Centre: [http://www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/sea/Products/AFDbases/AF/asp/SpeciesInfo.asp?SpID=17998 ''Pterocarpus santalinoides'']</ref>

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==References== * {{aut|International Legume Database & Information Service (ILDIS)}} (2005): [http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?version~10.01&LegumeWeb&genus~Pterocarpus&species~santalinoides ''Pterocarpus santalinoides'']. Version 10.01, November 2005. Retrieved 2008-NOV-01. * {{Cite iucn | author = Prado, D. | title = ''Pterocarpus santalinoides'' | volume = 1998 | article-number = e.T33471A9786333 | date = 1998 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T33471A9786333.en }} * {{aut|World Agroforestry Centre (WAC)}} [2008]: AgroForestryTree Database &ndash; [http://www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/sea/Products/AFDbases/AF/asp/SpeciesInfo.asp?SpID=17998 ''Pterocarpus santalinoides'']. Retrieved 2008-NOV-01. {{WestAfricanPlants|Pterocarpus santalinoides}}

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