Detarium

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Detarioideae
Tribus: Detarieae
Genus: Detarium
Species: D. macrocarpum – D. microcarpum – D. senegalense
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Detarium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Sep 12. Reference page.

Name

Detarium Juss. Gen. Pl. 365. (1789)

Type species: Detarium senegalense J.F. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 2: 700. (1791)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
Regional: Tropical Africa
Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Zaïre
Introduced into:
Trinidad-Tobago

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Jussieu, A.L. de 1789. Genera plantarum, secundum ordines naturales disposita juxta methodum in Horto Regio Parisiensi exaratam. 498 pp. Paris: Herissant et Theophile Barrois. BHL Reference page. :. 365.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Detarium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Sep 12. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Detarium. Published online. Accessed: Sep 12 2020. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Detarium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Sep 2020.
Catalogue of Life: 2024 Annual Checklist

Vernacular names

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.
References

Detarium Juss. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 August 2023.

Mabberley, D. J. (1987). The Plant Book: A Portable Dictionary of the Higher Plants. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-34060-8.