Dialium guineense

Dialium guineense
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Dialium
Species:
D. guineense
Binomial name
Dialium guineense
Synonyms
  • Codarium acutifolium Afzel.
  • Codarium discolor DC.
  • Codarium nitidum Sol. ex Vahl
  • Codarium obtusifolium Afzel.
  • Codarium solanderi Vahl
  • Dialium anomalum Webb
  • Dialium discolor Hook.f.
  • Dialium nitidum (Sol. ex Vahl) Guill. & Perr.

Dialium guineense, the velvet tamarind, is a tall, tropical, fruit-bearing tree in the family Fabaceae. It has small, typically grape-sized, edible fruits with brown, hard, inedible shells.

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