Genus of legumes
Dialium sp. - MHNT Dialium flowering plants in the family Fabaceae , subfamily Dialioideae .[2] 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 .[1]
Species
As of August 2023[update] Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[1]
Dialium angolense Welw. ex Oliv. Dialium bipindense Harms Dialium cochinchinense Pierre Dialium congestum M.J.Falcão & Mansano Dialium dinklagei Harms Dialium englerianum Henriq. Dialium excelsum Louis ex Steyaert Dialium graciliflorum Harms Dialium guianense (Aubl.) Sandwith Dialium guineense Willd. Dialium heterophyllum M.J.Falcão & Mansano Dialium hexaestaminatum M.J.Falcão & Mansano Dialium hexasepalum Harms Dialium holtzii Harms Dialium hydnocarpoides de Wit Dialium indum L. - type speciesDialium kasaiense Louis ex Steyaert Dialium kunstleri Prain Dialium latifolium Harms Dialium lopense Breteler Dialium madagascariense Baill. ex Drake Dialium occidentale (Capuron) Du Puy & R.Rabev. Dialium orientale Baker f. Dialium ovoideum Thwaites Dialium pachyphyllum Harms Dialium pentandrum Louis ex Steyaert Dialium platysepalum Baker Dialium pobeguinii Pellegr. Dialium poggei Harms Dialium polyanthum Harms (synonym Dialium corbisieri Staner )Dialium reygaertii De Wild. Dialium rondoniense M.J.Falcão & Mansano Dialium schlechteri Harms Dialium tessmannii Harms Dialium travancoricum Bourd. Dialium unifoliolatum Capuron Dialium zenkeri Harms 
