Fabaceae
Velvet tamarind
Dialium guineense
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Dialium
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Common names
By language (6)
- Chinese
- 羅望子李, 几内亚酸荚, 黑羅望子
- dag
- Kpaɣala
- English
- Velvet tamarind
- French
- Solom
- Hausa
- Tsamiyar biri
- Wolof
- Solom
Synonyms
- Codarium acutifolium Afzel.
- Codarium discolor DC.
- Codarium nitidum Sol. ex Vahl
- Codarium obtusifolium Afzel.
- Codarium solandri Vahl
- Dialium anomalum Webb
- Dialium discolor Hook.f.
- Dialium guianense Steud.
- Dialium nitidum (Sol. ex Vahl) Guill. & Perr.
Photos
FlowerPhoto: ONG SOS Biodiversity, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Denis Bastianelli, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Marco Schmidt [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sunday Berlioz KAKPO, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ben Costamagna, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: NoahElhardt, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gloria SOSSA, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wolfgang Ahlmer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Grullab, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Leonora, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sunday Berlioz KAKPO, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.