''Karomia'' is a genus of plants in the family

Lamiaceae The Lamiaceae ( ) or Labiatae are a family (biology), family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint, deadnettle, or sage family. Many of the plants are aromatic in all parts and include widely used culinary herbs like basil (herb), ba ...

. The genus was introduced in 1932 by the botanist

Paul Louis Amans Dop Paul Louis Amans Dop (Toulouse, 25 February 1876 – Lectoure, 19 August 1954) was a French botanist who worked extensively in Indochina. From 1908 he was associated with the Mascarene botanist Marcel Marie Maurice Dubard, carrying out much taxonomi ...

(1876–1954) in "" (Paris) ser. 2. 4: 1052, for the single species '' Karomia fragrans''. It is native to eastern and southern

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, and

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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> ;Species #'' Karomia fragrans'' Dop – Vietnam #'' Karomia gigas'' (Faden) Verdc. – Kenya, Tanzania #'' Karomia humbertii'' (Moldenke) R.Fern. – Madagascar #'' Karomia macrocalyx'' (Baker) R.Fern. – Madagascar #'' Karomia madagascariensis'' (Moldenke) R.Fern. – Madagascar #'' Karomia microphylla'' (Moldenke) R.Fern. – Madagascar #'' Karomia mira'' (Moldenke) R.Fern. – Madagascar #'' Karomia speciosa'' (Hutch. & Corbishley) R.Fern. – Mozambique,

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, South Africa #'' Karomia tettensis'' (Klotzsch) R.Fern. – Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia

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