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Dialium cochinchinense
Dialium cochinchinense, the velvet tamarind, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Borneo and Indochina (Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam), but may have been introduced to Sri Lanka, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria and other west African countries. (or may be confused with other species in the genus Dialium). In the wild, it is threatened by habitat loss.
Dialium bipindense · Dialium excelsum · Ironwood · Velvet tamarind · Dialium holtzii · Tamarind Plum · Dialium lopense · Dialium orientale · Dialium ovoideum · Dialium polyanthum · Hill Tamarind · Dialiums
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Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
