| Common Names - None found | Synonyms - None found |
| Authority - Baill. | Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? Angiosperm |
| Plant forms - Tree | Total Number of species - 4 |
| World Distribution - Tropical America | |
| Comments - Has Wood (Smithsonian Institute data). Heartwood colour darker than sapwood,basically brown or shades of brown. Has commercially important wood. | |
| 1 - Piranhea longepedunculata. 2 - Piranhea trifoliata. |