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
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Dialium cochinchinense, the velvet tamarind, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Ghana, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nigeria, Thailand, Vietnam and many west African countries. [2] [3] 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

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References

  1. 1 2 World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Dialium cochinchinense". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . IUCN. 1998: e.T32820A9732378. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T32820A9732378.en . Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  2. Whitmore,T.C., 1972 Tree Flora of Malaya, Vol.1. London:Longman
  3. Larsen,K. et al., 1984 Flora of Thailand, Vol 4 Part 1.In: T.Smithinand & K.Larsen