Dialium
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Dialium is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae
family.
It contains the following species:
Fabaceae
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae, commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, is a large and economically important family of flowering plants. The group is the third largest land plant family, behind only the Orchidaceae and Asteraceae, with 730 genera and over 19,400 species...
family.
It contains the following species:
- Dialium bipindenseDialium bipindenseDialium bipindense is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family.It is found in Cameroon and Gabon.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Sources:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....
- Velvet TamarindVelvet tamarindDialium indum, the velvet tamarind, is a tall, tropical, fruit-bearing tree, native to southern Thailand and Malaysia. It belongs to the Leguminosae family, and has small, typically grape-sized edible fruits with brown hard inedible shells...
(Dialium cochinchinense) - Dialium excelsumDialium excelsumDialium excelsum is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family.It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Sources:...
- Dialium guineense
- Dialium holtziiDialium holtziiDialium holtzii is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family.It is found in Kenya, Mozambique, and Tanzania.-Sources:* Lovett, J. & Clarke, G.P. 1998. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....
- Dialium lopenseDialium lopenseDialium lopense is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family.It is found only in Gabon.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Sources:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....
- Dialium orientaleDialium orientaleDialium orientale is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family.It is found in Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Sources:* Lovett, J. & Clarke, G.P. 1998. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....
- Dialium travancoricumDialium travancoricumDialium travancoricum is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family.It is found only in India.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Sources:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....
- Dialium guianense