Detarium

Detarium
	Detarium microcarpum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Detarioideae
Tribe:	Detarieae
Genus:	Detarium; Juss. (1789)
Species
	Detarium macrocarpum Harms; Detarium microcarpum Guill. & Perr.; Detarium senegalense J.F.Gmel. – tallow-tree;

Detarium is a plant genus of the family Fabaceae. It contains 3 species of tree native to sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal to Sudan and Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The genus produces timber that may serve as a mahogany substitute. The fruit is edible.

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