Tylosema
| Tylosema | |
|---|---|
| Marama bean | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cercidoideae |
| Tribe: | Bauhinieae |
| Genus: | Tylosema (Schweinf.) Torre & Hillc. |
| Type species | |
| Tylosema fassoglensis (Kotschy ex Schweinf.) Torre & Hillc. | |
| Species | |
|
4–5; see text | |
| The range of Tylosema. | |
The genus Tylosema is in the plant family Fabaceae and encompasses four accepted species of perennial legumes native to southern and central Africa. These are semi-woody viniferous plants broadly distributed from Sudan and Ethiopia south to Angola and South Africa. Coetzer and Ross originally described four Tylosema species: