Cyamopsis

''Cyamopsis'' is a genus of the family Fabaceae. Its species are distributed across sub-Saharan Africa (southwestern Africa and the Sudanian and Somali-Masai regions), Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and India. Typical habitats include tropical seasonally-dry thorn scrub and grassland, often in floodplains, stream beds, and pans, and in open sandy or rocky areas.

Species

''Cyamopsis'' comprises the following species:
* '' Cyamopsis dentata'' (N.E.Br.) Torre – southwestern Angola, Namibia, and Botswana

* '' Cyamopsis senegalensis'' Guill. & Perr. – dry tropical Africa (Senegal to Eritrea, Tanzania, and southwest Africa) and Saudi Arabia
* '' Cyamopsis serrata'' Schinz – Namibia and Botswana to Northern and Cape Provinces of South Africa

* '' Cyamopsis tetragonoloba'' (L.) Taub. — guar – Pakistan and western India

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Indigofereae
Paleotropical flora
Fabaceae genera

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