Pterodon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Pterodon can be distinguished from other members of the Dipterygeae as follows: the leaf rachis is exalate, the fruit is a cryptosamara with oil glands in the epicarp, the seed testa is smooth and the raphe is apparent, with the hilum in a lateral position covered by an aril and a smooth embryo. Species It contains only two species: Pterodon abruptus (Moric.) Benth. Pterodon emarginatus Vogel References Dipterygeae Fabaceae genera