Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2654)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2567)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2163)
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