Cyamopsis

Cyamopsis is a genus of the family Fabaceae. Its species are distributed across sub-Saharan Africa (southwestern Africa and the Sudanian and Somali-Masai regions), Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and India. Typical habitats include tropical seasonally-dry thorn scrub and grassland, often in floodplains, stream beds, and pans, and in open sandy or rocky areas.^[1]

Cyamopsis
Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Tribe:	Indigofereae
Genus:	Cyamopsis DC. (1825)
Type species
Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub.
Species[1]
4; see text
Synonyms[1]
Cordaea Spreng. (1831)

Species

Cyamopsis comprises the following species:^[1][2][3][4]

• Cyamopsis dentata (N.E.Br.) Torre – southwestern Angola, Namibia, and Botswana
• Cyamopsis senegalensis Guill. & Perr. – dry tropical Africa (Senegal to Eritrea, Tanzania, and southwest Africa) and Saudi Arabia
• Cyamopsis serrata Schinz – Namibia and Botswana to Northern and Cape Provinces of South Africa
• Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub. — guar – Pakistan and western India