Xylia Explained

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]

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

Notes and References

1. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:23832-1 "Xylia". Plants of the World Online, accessed 30 June 2018
2. http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Leguminosae/Xylia/ "Xylia". The Plant List. Accessed 30 June 2018