Cordyla

This article is about a genus of legumes. For other uses, see Cordyla (disambiguation).

Cordyla is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes seven species native to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging across northern Africa from Senegal to Somalia, and through eastern Africa from Sudan to KwaZulu-Natal, including Madagascar.^[1]

Cordyla
Cordyla madagascariensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Tribe:	Amburaneae
Genus:	Cordyla Lour.
Species
7; see text
Synonyms[1]
Calycandra Lepr. ex A.Rich. (1831) Dupuya J.H.Kirkbr. (2005)

Species

As of April 2023^[update], seven species were accepted:^[1][2][3]

• Cordyla africana Lour. – A tree native to eastern Africa from Kenya to KwaZulu-Natal
• Cordyla densiflora Milne-Redh. – a tree endemic to Tanzania
• Cordyla haraka Capuron – a tree endemic to eastern Madagascar
• Cordyla madagascariensis R.Vig. – a tree endemic to Madagascar
• Cordyla pinnata (A. Rich.) Milne-Redh. – a tree native to western Africa from Senegal to Chad
• Cordyla richardii Milne-Redh. – a shrub or tree native to South Sudan and northern Uganda
• Cordyla somalensis J.B. Gillett – a shrub or tree native to Ethiopia and Somalia