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''Dialium'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s in the family
Fabaceae, subfamily
Dialioideae
The subfamily Dialioideae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family Fabaceae (legumes). This subfamily includes many tropical trees and shrubs. The subfamily consists of 17 genera, which are widespread throughout the tropics. It has the foll ...
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Velvet tamarind is a common name for several species.
Species
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The Plant List accepts the following species:
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Dialium angolense''
Oliv.
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Dialium aubrevillei
''Dialium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Dialioideae. Velvet tamarind is a common name for several species.
Species
, The Plant List accepts the following species:
*'' Dialium angolense'' Oliv.
*'' Dialium ...
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Pellegr.
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Dialium bipindense''
Harms
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Dialium cochinchinense
''Dialium cochinchinense'', the velvet tamarind, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Ghana, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nigeria, Thailand, Vietnam and many west African countries.
It is thre ...
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Pierre
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Dialium corbisieri''
Staner
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Dialium densiflorum''
Harms
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Dialium dinklagei''
Harms
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Dialium englerianum''
Henriq.
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Dialium eurysepalum''
Harms
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Dialium excelsum
''Dialium excelsum'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to th ...
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Steyaert
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Dialium gossweileri''
Baker f.
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Dialium graciliflorum''
Harms
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Dialium guianense
''Dialium guianense'' is a species of tree in the flowering plant family Fabaceae. The species occurs through both Central America and South America, and was an important source of food and wood for the ancient Mayans.
Common names
In Engli ...
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(Aubl.) Sandwith
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Dialium guineense
''Dialium guineense'', the velvet tamarind, is a tall, tropical, fruit-bearing tree in the flowering plant family Fabaceae. It has small, typically grape-sized, edible fruits with brown, hard, inedible shells.
Distribution
It grows in dense fore ...
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Willd.
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Dialium hexasepalum''
Harms
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Dialium holtzii
''Dialium holtzii'' is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found in Kenya, Mozambique, and Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Afri ...
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Harms
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Dialium hydnocarpoides''
de Wit
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Dialium indum
''Dialium indum'', the tamarind-plum, is a tall, tropical, fruit-bearing tree. It belongs to the family Fabaceae, and has small, typically grape-sized edible fruits with brown hard inedible shells. No reports of cultivation exist, information o ...
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L.
** var. ''bursa''
(de Wit) Rojo
** var. ''indum''
L.
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Dialium kasaiense''
Steyaert
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Dialium kunstleri''
Prain
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Dialium latifolium''
Harms
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Dialium madagascariense''
Baill.
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Dialium occidentale''
(Capuron) Du Puy & R.Rabev.
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Dialium orientale
''Dialium orientale'' is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae.It is found in Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania. The fruit of this tree is a popular snack in Kenya and known as ''pepeta''. It is threatened by habitat loss
Habitat destruction ...
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Baker f.
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Dialium ovoideum
''Dialium ovoideum'' is a tropical species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. The Sinhala (Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்க ...
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Thwaites
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Dialium pachyphyllum''
Harms
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Dialium patens''
Baker
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Dialium pentandrum
''Dialium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Dialioideae. Velvet tamarind is a common name for several species.
Species
, The Plant List accepts the following species:
*'' Dialium angolense'' Oliv.
*''Dialium au ...
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Steyaert
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Dialium platysepalum''
Baker
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Dialium pobeguinii''
Pellegr.
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Dialium poggei''
Harms
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Dialium polyanthum''
Harms
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Dialium procerum''
(Steenis) Steyaert
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Dialium quinquepetalum
''Dialium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Dialioideae. Velvet tamarind is a common name for several species.
Species
, The Plant List accepts the following species:
*'' Dialium angolense'' Oliv.
*''Dialium a ...
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Pellegr.
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Dialium reygaertii''
De Wild.
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Dialium schlechteri''
Harms
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Dialium soyauxii''
Harms
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Dialium tessmannii''
Harms
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Dialium travancoricum
''Dialium travancoricum'' is a critically endangered species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Kerala India specifically around the Travancore range near Ponmudi and Ariankavu. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References ...
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Bourd.
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Dialium unifoliolatum''
Capuron
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Dialium zenkeri''
Harms
References
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{{Taxonbar, from=Q5236308
Fabaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot