Protorhus

Protorhus is a small genus of Afrotropical trees in the family Anacardiaceae. It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.^[1]

Taxonomy

Protorhus is placed in tribe Rhoeae, subfamily Anacardioideae of the family Anacardiaceae. The genus Abrahamia with 19 Madagascan taxa was separated from Protorhus in 2004.(Pell 2004)

Species

The species are:^[2]

• Protorhus fulva Engl. – Madagascar
• Protorhus longifolia (Bernh.) Engl. – South Africa
• Protorhus thouarsii Engl.

Formerly listed;

• Protorhus buxifolia H. Perrier, transferred to Abrahamia buxifolia (H. Perrier) Randrian. & Lowry

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