Fabaceae (Leguminosae) with close to 770 genera and ca. 20.000 species is the third- largest angiosperm family (Azani et al., 2017, Stevens, 2017, Zhang et al., 2020; Zhao et al., 2021). It has a global distribution and high ecological and economic importance with many ecosystem services in the production of food for humans and livestock and provides highly nutritious sources of protein and micronutrients that can greatly benefit health and livelihoods (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2023). This family, in almost all biomes across the globe, has also important as fodder and green manure in both temperate and tropical regions, and is used for their wood, tannins, oils and resins, in the manufacture of varnishes, paints, dyes and medicines, and in the horticultural trade (Fortunato et al., 2019). This high species richness is reflected in great morphological and chemical diversity, from which multiple uses are derived i.e., alkaloids, proanthocyanidins and flavonoids can be present; pterocarpans are found only in legumes and they have significant antimicrobial, anticancer, antiinflammatory and anti-malarial reports activities (Wink, 2013, Araya-Cloutier et al., 2017, Fortunato et al., 2019). These records as medicinal plants are suitable alternatives for synthetic and chemical drugs and considered to be full of secondary metabolites (like essential oils, antibacterial, antifungal and other products). This is the case of Peltophorum (Vogel) Benth. (Caesalpinioideae), which are species that have records of pharmacopeias used. According to the actual taxonomic classification, including molecular phylogenetic analysis (Haston et al., 2005), the genus is represented by 7 species (International Plant Names Index, 2023) and 4 have medicinal reports, 1 a taxa currently in synonymy, and 3 accepted names. No data were found in the surveyed literature on the traditional uses of the species P. dasyrhachis var. tonkinensis (Pierre) K. Larsen & S.S.Larsen, P. dubium var. adnatum (Griseb.) Barneby, P. dubium var. berteroanum (Urb.) Barneby, P. grande Prain, P. racemosum Merr. and P. venezuelense L.Cárdenas, Rodr.-Rodr. & Varela.

The aim of this work is to analyze the information registered and provide a reviewered actualization of the medicinal and nutraceutical use cited under the genus Peltophorum according to the actual taxonomic classification.