Pterocarpus santalinoides is a tree species in the legume family (biology) (Fabaceae); it is locally known as mututi.
It has a remarkable bi-continental distribution, native to tropical western Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo) and also to South America (Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela).
It grows to 9âÂÂ12 m tall, with a trunk up to 1 m in diameter and flaky bark. The leaves are pinnate, 10âÂÂ20 cm long, with 5âÂÂ9 leaflets. The flowers are orange-yellow, produced in panicles. The fruit is a pod 3.5âÂÂ6 cm long, with a wing extending three-quarters around the margin.