Paramacrolobium
Genus of legumes
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Paramacrolobium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Detarioideae. It contains a single species, Paramacrolobium coeruleum.
| Paramacrolobium | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Detarioideae |
| Tribe: | Amherstieae |
| Genus: | Paramacrolobium J.Léonard (1954) |
| Species: | P. coeruleum |
| Binomial name | |
| Paramacrolobium coeruleum (Taub.) J.Léonard (1954) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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The species is native to portions of western, central, and eastern Africa, from Guinea in the west to Kenya and Tanzania in the east, and south to Angola.[2]
