| Melanoxylum | |
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| Flowers and seed pods of the Brauna tree | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Eudicots | 
| Clade: | Rosids | 
| Order: | Fabales | 
| Family: | Fabaceae | 
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae | 
| Genus: | Melanoxylum Schott (1822)  | 
| Species: | M. brauna  | 
| Binomial name | |
| Melanoxylum brauna Schott (1827)  | |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Melanoxylum is genus of plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes a single species, Melanoxylum brauna, the yellow-flowered brauna tree. It is native to eastern Brazil.[2] The genus is part of subfamily Caesalpinioideae.[3]
References
- โ Melanoxylum Schott. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 6 September 2023
 - 1 2 Melanoxylum brauna Schott. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
 - โ The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44โ77. doi:10.12705/661.3.
 
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