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Dialium cochinchinense

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Dialium cochinchinense
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Dialioideae
Genus: Dialium
Species:
D. cochinchinense
Binomial name
Dialium cochinchinense
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Dialium cochinchinense (velvet tamarind) is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. It is found in Ghana, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nigeria, Thailand, Vietnam and many west African countries.[1][2] It is threatened by habitat loss.[3]

Dialium cochinchinense fruit at a market in Ho Chi Minh City

References

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