Dialium cochinchinense

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Dialium cochinchinense
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Dialium
Species:
D. cochinchinense
Binomial name
Dialium cochinchinense
Pierre

Dialium cochinchinense, the velvet tamarind, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Borneo and Indochina (Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam), [2] but may have been introduced to Sri Lanka, Ghana, Nigeria and other west African countries. [3] [4] (or may be confused with other species in the genus Dialium). In the wild, it is threatened by habitat loss. [1]

Dialium cochinchinense fruit at a market in Ho Chi Minh City Saigon Dialium cochinchinense fruit.jpg
Dialium cochinchinense fruit at a market in Ho Chi Minh City

References

  1. 1 2 World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Dialium cochinchinense". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1998 e.T32820A9732378. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T32820A9732378.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ↑ POWO: Dialium cochinchinense Pierre
  3. ↑ Whitmore,T.C., 1972 Tree Flora of Malaya, Vol.1. London:Longman
  4. ↑ Larsen,K. et al., 1984 Flora of Thailand, Vol 4 Part 1.In: T.Smithinand & K.Larsen
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