{{Short description|Genus of legumes}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Dialium guineense MS 10536.jpg |image_caption = ''Dialium guineense'' |taxon = Dialium |authority = L. |synonyms = * ''Andradia'' <small>Sim (1909)</small> * ''Arouna'' <small>Aubl. (1775)</small> * ''Cleyria'' {{small|Neck. (1790), opus utique oppr.}} * ''Codarium'' {{small|Sol. ex Vahl (1804)}} * ''Correa'' {{small|M.E.Becerra (1936), no Latin descr.}} * ''Dansera'' <small>Steenis (1948)</small> * ''Rhynchocarpa'' <small>Backer ex K. Heyne (1927), nom. illeg.</small> * ''Sciaplea'' <small>Rauschert (1982)</small> * ''Sennia'' {{small|Chiov. (1932), non Pascher (1912).}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo>{{cite web |title=''Dialium'' L.. |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|url=http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:22238-1 |access-date=18 August 2023 }}</ref> }} [[File:Dialium Sp. MHNT.BOT.2007.40.135.jpg|thumb|''Dialium'' sp. - MHNT]]

'''''Dialium''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Dialioideae.<ref name="6subfamilies">{{cite journal | author = The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). | year = 2017 | title = A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny | journal = Taxon | volume = 66 | issue = 1 | pages = 44–77 | doi = 10.12705/661.3| doi-access = free | hdl = 10568/90658 | hdl-access = free }}</ref> '''Velvet tamarind''' is a common name for several species. The genus includes 37 species which range from the tropical Americas to sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, India, Indochina, and western Malesia.<ref name = powo/>

==Species== {{Div col|colwidth=22em}} {{As of|2023|August}}, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:<ref name=powo/> * ''Dialium angolense'' <small>Welw. ex Oliv.</small> * ''Dialium bipindense'' <small>Harms</small> * ''Dialium cochinchinense'' <small>Pierre</small> * ''Dialium congestum'' <small>M.J.Falcão & Mansano</small> * ''Dialium dinklagei'' <small>Harms</small> * ''Dialium englerianum'' <small>Henriq.</small> * ''Dialium excelsum'' <small>Louis ex Steyaert</small> * ''Dialium graciliflorum'' <small>Harms</small> * ''Dialium guianense'' <small>(Aubl.) Sandwith</small> * ''Dialium guineense'' <small>Willd.</small> * ''Dialium heterophyllum'' <small>M.J.Falcão & Mansano</small> * ''Dialium hexaestaminatum'' <small>M.J.Falcão & Mansano</small> * ''Dialium hexasepalum'' <small>Harms</small> * ''Dialium holtzii'' <small>Harms</small> * ''Dialium hydnocarpoides'' <small>de Wit</small> * ''Dialium indum'' <small>L.</small> - type species * ''Dialium kasaiense'' <small>Louis ex Steyaert</small> * ''Dialium kunstleri'' <small>Prain</small> * ''Dialium latifolium'' <small>Harms</small> * ''Dialium lopense'' <small>Breteler</small> * ''Dialium madagascariense'' <small>Baill. ex Drake</small> * ''Dialium occidentale'' <small>(Capuron) Du Puy & R.Rabev.</small> * ''Dialium orientale'' <small>Baker f.</small> * ''Dialium ovoideum'' <small>Thwaites</small> * ''Dialium pachyphyllum'' <small>Harms</small> * ''Dialium pentandrum'' <small>Louis ex Steyaert</small> * ''Dialium platysepalum'' <small>Baker</small> * ''Dialium pobeguinii'' <small>Pellegr.</small> * ''Dialium poggei'' <small>Harms</small> * ''Dialium polyanthum'' <small>Harms</small> (synonym ''Dialium corbisieri'' <small>Staner</small>) * ''Dialium reygaertii'' <small>De Wild.</small> * ''Dialium rondoniense'' <small>M.J.Falcão & Mansano</small> * ''Dialium schlechteri'' <small>Harms</small> * ''Dialium tessmannii'' <small>Harms</small> * ''Dialium travancoricum'' <small>Bourd.</small> * ''Dialium unifoliolatum'' <small>Capuron</small> * ''Dialium zenkeri'' <small>Harms</small> {{div col end}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{WestAfricanPlants|Dialium}} * {{Commons category_inline}} * {{Wikispecies_inline}}

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