''Dunbaria'' 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 ...

. It belongs to the subfamily

Faboideae The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for the subfamily is Papilionoideae, or Papilionaceae when this group of plants is treated as a family. This subfamily is widely ...

. It includes 19 species which range from India to Indochina, China, Korea, Japan, Malesia, New Guinea, and northern Australia.

Uses

Root tubers of ''Dunbaria'' species have been used as traditional food for Aborigines of the

Northern Territory The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT; known formally as the Northern Territory of Australia and informally as the Territory) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian internal territory in the central and central-northern regi ...

.NTFlora Northern Territory Flora online:
''Flora of the Darwin Region: Fabaceae.''
Retrieved 10 June 2018

Species

19 species are accepted: * '' Dunbaria bella'' * '' Dunbaria circinalis'' * '' Dunbaria cumingiana'' * '' Dunbaria debilis'' * '' Dunbaria ferruginea'' * '' Dunbaria floresiana'' * '' Dunbaria fusca'' * '' Dunbaria glabra'' * '' Dunbaria glandulosa'' * '' Dunbaria gracilipes'' * '' Dunbaria incana'' * '' Dunbaria lecomtei'' * '' Dunbaria longicarpa'' * '' Dunbaria podocarpa'' * '' Dunbaria punctata'' * '' Dunbaria rubella'' * '' Dunbaria trichodon'' * '' Dunbaria truncata'' * '' Dunbaria villosa''

References

External links

* Phaseoleae Fabaceae genera Taxa named by George Arnott Walker Arnott Taxa named by Robert Wight {{Phaseoleae-stub