Cordyla Explained

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.

Species

, 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cordyla Lour. . Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2023-04-19 .
2. Web site: ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Cordyla . . International Legume Database & Information Service . Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics . 30 January 2014 .
3. Web site: GRIN species records of Cordyla . USDA . USDA . ARS . Agricultural Research Service . National Genetic Resources Program . Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database] . National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland . 30 January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115008/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?2925 . 24 September 2015 . dead .