Piliostigma
Genus of legumes
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Piliostigma is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes five species of small deciduous trees native to sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, Java, the Philippines, and northern Australia.[1] It belongs to the subfamily Cercidoideae[2] and the tribe Bauhinieae.[3] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.[4]
| Piliostigma | |
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| Piliostigma malabaricum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cercidoideae |
| Tribe: | Bauhinieae |
| Genus: | Piliostigma Hochst. (1846), nom. cons. |
| Type species | |
| Piliostigma reticulatum (DC.) Hochst. | |
| Species[1] | |
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5; see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
Piliostigma comprises the following species:[1][5][6]
- Piliostigma foveolatum (Dalzell) Thoth.
- Piliostigma malabaricum (Roxb.) Benth.—purple orchid tree
- Piliostigma reticulatum (DC.) Hochst.
- Piliostigma thonningii (Schum.) Milne-Redh.
- Piliostigma tortuosum (Collett & Hemsl.) Thoth.
Some other species often placed here are nowadays usually assigned their traditional genus Bauhinia again.
