Paracalyx

Paracalyx is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes five species of herbs native to northeastern Africa (Ethiopia and Somalia) and Socotra, and the Indian subcontinent and Indochina. Typical habitats are seasonally-dry tropical forest, woodland, thicket, bushland and scrub, often along watercourses and in rocky areas.^[1]

Paracalyx
Paracalyx scariosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Tribe:	Phaseoleae
Subtribe:	Cajaninae
Genus:	Paracalyx Ali
Species[1]
5; see text

Species

As of September 2023^[update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:^[1]

• Paracalyx balfourii (Vierh.) Ali
• Paracalyx microphyllus (Chiov.) Ali
• Paracalyx nogalensis (Chiov.) Ali
• Paracalyx scariosus (Roxb.) Ali
• Paracalyx somalorum (Vierh.) Ali