Tylosema
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| Tylosema | |
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| Marama bean | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Tribe: | Cercideae |
| Genus: | Tylosema |
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The genus Tylosema is in the plant family Fabaceae.
There are four documented species within the genus Tylosema:
- Tylosema esculentum (Burch.), Schreiber - Marama bean
- T. fassoglensis
- T. argentea (Chiov.) Brenan
- T. humifusa (Pichi-Serm. and Roti-Michel) Brenan
Tylosema, in the tribe Cercideae, has been little investigated but heterostyly, unknown elsewhere in the Fabaceae, has been reported in all four species.
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