Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2586)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2483)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2101)
Order: Fabales (236)
Family: Fabaceae (236)(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