Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2625)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2528)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2137)
Order: Fabales (241)
Family: Fabaceae (241)(family description)
Genus: Pterocarpus (2)
Epithet: angolensis DC. (2)
Synonym: Pterocarpus bussei Harms
angolensis => from Angola
bussei => in honor of Walter Carl Otto Busse, 20th century German botanist