# Dialium

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{{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](/source/MHNT)]]

'''''Dialium''''' is a genus of [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant)s in the family [Fabaceae](/source/Fabaceae), subfamily [Dialioideae](/source/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](/source/Taxon_(journal)) | 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](/source/Malesia).<ref name = powo/>

==Species==
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{{As of|2023|August}}, [Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online) accepted the following species:<ref name=powo/>
* ''[Dialium angolense](/source/Dialium_angolense)'' <small>Welw. ex Oliv.</small>
* ''[Dialium bipindense](/source/Dialium_bipindense)'' <small>Harms</small>
* ''[Dialium cochinchinense](/source/Dialium_cochinchinense)'' <small>Pierre</small>
* ''[Dialium congestum](/source/Dialium_congestum)'' <small>M.J.Falcão & Mansano</small>
* ''[Dialium dinklagei](/source/Dialium_dinklagei)'' <small>Harms</small>
* ''[Dialium englerianum](/source/Dialium_englerianum)'' <small>Henriq.</small>
* ''[Dialium excelsum](/source/Dialium_excelsum)'' <small>Louis ex Steyaert</small>
* ''[Dialium graciliflorum](/source/Dialium_graciliflorum)'' <small>Harms</small>
* ''[Dialium guianense](/source/Dialium_guianense)'' <small>(Aubl.) Sandwith</small>
* ''[Dialium guineense](/source/Dialium_guineense)'' <small>Willd.</small>
* ''[Dialium heterophyllum](/source/Dialium_heterophyllum)'' <small>M.J.Falcão & Mansano</small>
* ''[Dialium hexaestaminatum](/source/Dialium_hexaestaminatum)'' <small>M.J.Falcão & Mansano</small>
* ''[Dialium hexasepalum](/source/Dialium_hexasepalum)'' <small>Harms</small>
* ''[Dialium holtzii](/source/Dialium_holtzii)'' <small>Harms</small>
* ''[Dialium hydnocarpoides](/source/Dialium_hydnocarpoides)'' <small>de Wit</small>
* ''[Dialium indum](/source/Dialium_indum)'' <small>L.</small> - type species
* ''[Dialium kasaiense](/source/Dialium_kasaiense)'' <small>Louis ex Steyaert</small>
* ''[Dialium kunstleri](/source/Dialium_kunstleri)'' <small>Prain</small>
* ''[Dialium latifolium](/source/Dialium_latifolium)'' <small>Harms</small>
* ''[Dialium lopense](/source/Dialium_lopense)'' <small>Breteler</small>
* ''[Dialium madagascariense](/source/Dialium_madagascariense)'' <small>Baill. ex Drake</small>
* ''[Dialium occidentale](/source/Dialium_occidentale)'' <small>(Capuron) Du Puy & R.Rabev.</small>
* ''[Dialium orientale](/source/Dialium_orientale)'' <small>Baker f.</small>
* ''[Dialium ovoideum](/source/Dialium_ovoideum)'' <small>Thwaites</small>
* ''[Dialium pachyphyllum](/source/Dialium_pachyphyllum)'' <small>Harms</small>
* ''[Dialium pentandrum](/source/Dialium_pentandrum)'' <small>Louis ex Steyaert</small>
* ''[Dialium platysepalum](/source/Dialium_platysepalum)'' <small>Baker</small>
* ''[Dialium pobeguinii](/source/Dialium_pobeguinii)'' <small>Pellegr.</small>
* ''[Dialium poggei](/source/Dialium_poggei)'' <small>Harms</small>
* ''[Dialium polyanthum](/source/Dialium_polyanthum)'' <small>Harms</small> (synonym ''Dialium corbisieri'' <small>Staner</small>)
* ''[Dialium reygaertii](/source/Dialium_reygaertii)'' <small>De Wild.</small>
* ''[Dialium rondoniense](/source/Dialium_rondoniense)'' <small>M.J.Falcão & Mansano</small>
* ''[Dialium schlechteri](/source/Dialium_schlechteri)'' <small>Harms</small>
* ''[Dialium tessmannii](/source/Dialium_tessmannii)'' <small>Harms</small>
* ''[Dialium travancoricum](/source/Dialium_travancoricum)'' <small>Bourd.</small>
* ''[Dialium unifoliolatum](/source/Dialium_unifoliolatum)'' <small>Capuron</small>
* ''[Dialium zenkeri](/source/Dialium_zenkeri)'' <small>Harms</small>
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

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

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Category:Dialium
Category:Fabaceae genera
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