Moullava

Moullava
	Moullava spicata (India)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:	Caesalpinieae
Genus:	Moullava; Adans. (1763)
Type species
	Moullava spicata; (Dalzell ex Wight) Nicolson
Species
	four; see text
Synonyms
	Almeloveenia Dennst. (1818); Caesalpinia sect. Cinclidocarpus (Zoll. & Moritzi) Benth. & Hook.; Cinclidocarpus Zoll. & Moritzi (1846); Wagatea Dalzell (1851);

Moullava is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes four species of lianas or scrambling shrubs native to tropical Africa from Cameroon to Tanzania and Angola, and to tropical Asia from India to Indochina, southern China, and western Malesia. Typical habitat includes forest margins of seasonally-dry semi-evergreen tropical forest.^[1] It belongs to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.

Species

Moullava comprises the following species:^[1]^[2]

Moullava digyna (Rottler) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis—Teri pod
Moullava spicata (Dalzell ex Wight) Nicolson
Moullava tortuosa (Roxb.) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis
Moullava welwitschiana (Oliv.) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Moullava Adans. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
^ Gagnon E, Bruneau A, Hughes CE, de Queiroz LP, Lewis GP (2016). "A new generic system for the pantropical Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae)". PhytoKeys (71): 1–160. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.71.9203. PMC 5558824. PMID 28814915.

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[powo-1] Moullava Adans. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 September 2023.

[Gagnon-2] Gagnon E, Bruneau A, Hughes CE, de Queiroz LP, Lewis GP (2016). "A new generic system for the pantropical Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae)". PhytoKeys (71): 1–160. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.71.9203. PMC 5558824. PMID 28814915.

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