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Genus: Dialium
Life
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Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
>
Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids >
Eurosid I > Fabales > Family: Fabaceae > Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
About 35 species, mainly native to tropical Africa, but also
Madagascar and across to the Malay Peninsula. Two species are native to
southern Africa and one species is cultivated in the region.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of
Zimbabwe and
Flora of
Mozambique.
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Dialium englerianum
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Dialium schlechteri |
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Species cultivated in southern Africa
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Dialium orientale
Cultivated in the Lowveld Botanical
Garden, Mpumalanga. Native to southern Somalia,
Kenya and northern Tanzania, mainly near the coast.
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