{{Short description|Genus of plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Wild fruits - leaves (8320784308).jpg |image_caption = Stem, leaves and fruits of ''Sorindeia madagascariensis'' |taxon = Sorindeia |authority = Thouars (1806) |synonyms = *''Dupuisia'' {{small|A.Rich. (1832)}} *''Sorindeiopsis'' {{small|Engl. (1905)}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30287176-2 ''Sorindeia'' Thouars]. ''Plants of the World Online''. Retrieved 1 January 2023.</ref> }}
'''''Sorindeia''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae. It includes ten species native to tropical Africa, Madagascar, and the Comoro Islands.<ref name = powo/> They are distinguished by their compound leaves, large inflorescences and distinctive fruit. In the case of ''S. madagascariensis'', as many as 200 fruit may be carried on a pendant cluster.<ref name=gn>{{cite book |last=Nelson |first=Gil |title=The Trees of Florida: A Reference and Field Guide |page=86}}</ref>
==Species== Ten species are accepted.<ref name = powo/> * ''Sorindeia africana'' <small>(Engl.) Van der Veken</small> * ''Sorindeia albiflora'' <small>Engl. & K. Krause</small> * ''Sorindeia batekeensis'' <small>Lecomte</small> * ''Sorindeia calantha'' <small>Mildbr.</small> * ''Sorindeia gabonensis'' <small>Bourobou</small> * ''Sorindeia grandifolia'' <small>Engl.</small> * ''Sorindeia juglandifolia'' <small>(A.Rich.) Planch. ex Oliv.</small> * ''Sorindeia madagascariensis'' <small>(Spreng) DC.</small> * ''Sorindeia oxyandra'' <small>Bourobou</small> * ''Sorindeia winkleri'' <small>Engl.</small>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{AfricanPlants|Sorindeia}}
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Category:Sorindeia Category:Anacardiaceae genera Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Category:Flora of the Afrotropical realm
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