''Craibia'' is a genus of

legume A legume () is a plant in the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seed of such a plant. When used as a dry grain, the seed is also called a pulse. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for human consumption, for livestock f ...

in the family

Fabaceae The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomenc ...

. It contains the following species: * ''

Craibia atlantica ''Craibia atlantica'' is a small tree of the family Fabaceae. It is endemic to coastal areas of tropical West Africa, also growing inland along riverbanks, and is found in Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria, and Ghana. It is threatened by habitat ...

'' * ''

Craibia brevicaudata ''Craibia brevicaudata'' is a species of medium to large evergreen trees from family Fabaceae found in Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zaire, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The leaves are imparipinnate and have 5–7 leaflets, whic ...

'' Craibia was named for

William Grant Craib William Grant Craib (10 March 1882 in Banff, Aberdeenshire – 1 September 1933 in Kew) was a British Botany, botanist. Craib was Regius Professor of Botany (Aberdeen), Regius Professor of Botany at Aberdeen University and later worked at the Ro ...

(1882–1933), a British botanist who was an Assistant for India at

Kew Kew () is a district in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Its population at the 2011 census was 11,436. Kew is the location of the Royal Botanic Gardens ("Kew Gardens"), now a World Heritage Site, which includes Kew Palace. Kew is a ...

and a professor at

Aberdeen University , mottoeng = The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom , established = , type = Public research universityAncient university , endowment = £58.4 million (2021) , budget ...

, the author of ''Contributions to the Flora of Siam'' (1912) and ''Florae siamensis enumeratio'' (1925). The genus Craibia was published in 1911 by British botanist

Stephen Troyte Dunn Stephen Troyte Dunn (26 August 1868, Bristol - 18 April, 1938, Sheen, Surrey, England) was a British botanist. He described and systematized a significant number of plants around the world, his input most noticeable in the taxonomy of the flora ...

. (PlantZAfrica.com; CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names).The Eponym Dictionary of Southern African Plants. Plant Names C-F
/ref>

References

Millettieae Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Fabaceae genera {{Millettieae-stub