''Tachigali'' is a

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...

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in the

legume A legume () is a plant in the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seed of such a plant. When used as a dry grain, the seed is also called a pulse. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for human consumption, for livestock fo ...

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( Fabaceae) that contains 54 species.

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include: * '' Tachigali multijuga'' Benth. (= ''T. paratyensis'' (Vell.) H.C. Lima) * '' Tachigali myrmecophila'' * '' Tachigali paniculata'' Aubl. – Carvoeiro * '' Tachigali paraensis'' (Huber) Barneby * '' Tachigali tessmannii'' * '' Tachigali versicolor'' Standl. & L.O.Williams – " suicide tree"

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