| Leptodesmia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Leptodesmia (Benth.) Benth. & Hook. f. (1865) |
| Species [1] | |
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Leptodesmia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. [2] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It includes four species ranging from Madagascar and the Comoros to the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, China, Japan, Malesia, New Guinea, and Queensland. [1]
- Leptodesmia bojeriana (Baill.) Baker – Madagascar
- Leptodesmia congesta (Wight) Benth. – Comoros, Madagascar, and India
- Leptodesmia microphylla (Thunb.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi – Indian subcontinent to Indochina, China, Japan, Malesia, New Guinea, and Queensland
- Leptodesmia perrieri Schindl. – Comoros and Madagascar
