Poggea ovata Sleumer Peterodendron is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Achariaceae.

The only species is Peterodendron ovatum.

[2] It is native to Tanzania.

[1] The genus name of Peterodendron is in honour of Gustav Albert Peter (1853–1937), a German botanist.

[3] The Latin specific epithet of ovatum means egg, it is derived from ovum.