Xylia

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Xylia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Mainland Southeast Asia.^[1]

Xylia
Xylia xylocarpa from Kerala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Clade:	Mimosoid clade
Genus:	Xylia Benth.
Species
See text
Synonyms
Xylolobus Kuntze

Species

Xylia includes nine accepted species:^[2]

• Xylia africana Harms
• Xylia evansii Hutch.
• Xylia fraterna (Vatke) Drake
• Xylia ghesquierei Robyns
• Xylia hoffmannii (Vatke) Drake
• Xylia mendoncae Torre (found in Mozambique)
• Xylia schliebenii Harms
• Xylia torreana Brenan (found in Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe)
• Xylia xylocarpa (Roxb.) Taub. (found in Indochina)

And one unresolved species:

• Xylia perieri Drake