''Ormocarpum'' 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 legume family,

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. It includes 17 species native to tropical and southern Africa and parts of India, Indochina,

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, and the South Pacific. The genus was recently assigned to the informal

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''Dalbergia'' clade of the

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Species

''Ormocarpum'' comprises the following species: *'' Ormocarpum acuminatum'' * '' Ormocarpum bernierianum'' (Baill.) Du Puy & Labat * '' Ormocarpum cochinchinense'' (Lour.) Merr. * '' Ormocarpum drakei'' R. Vig. * '' Ormocarpum flavum'' J.B.Gillett * '' Ormocarpum keniense'' J.B.Gillett * '' Ormocarpum kirkii'' S.Moore * '' Ormocarpum klainei'' Tisser. * '' Ormocarpum megalophyllum'' Harms * '' Ormocarpum muricatum'' Chiov. * '' Ormocarpum pubescens'' (Hochst.) Cufod. ex J.B.Gillett * '' Ormocarpum schliebenii'' Harms * '' Ormocarpum sennoides'' (Willd.) DC. * '' Ormocarpum suberosum'' Teijsm. & Binn. (unplaced) * '' Ormocarpum trachycarpum'' (Taub.) Harms * '' Ormocarpum trichocarpum'' (Taub.) Engl. * '' Ormocarpum verrucosum'' P. Beauv. *'' Ormocarpum zambesianum''

References

Dalbergieae Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Fabaceae genera {{Dalbergieae-stub