''Dialium'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s in the family

Fabaceae Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomen ...

, subfamily Dialioideae. 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

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Species

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accepted the following species: * '' 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 ''Dialium indum'', the tamarind-plum or velvet tamarind, is a tall, tropical, fruit-bearing tree. It belongs to the family Fabaceae, and has small, typically grape-sized edible fruits with brown hard inedible shells. No reports of Plant cultivat ...

'' L. - type species * '' Dialium 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

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