Cathormion

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|genus = Cathormion

|parent_authority = (Benth.) Hassk. (1855)

|species = umbellatum

|authority = (Vahl) Kosterm. (1954)

|subdivision_ranks = Subspecies

|subdivision =

• Cathormion umbellatum subsp. moniliforme {{small|(DC.) Brummitt}}
• Cathormion umbellatum subsp. umbellatum

|subdivision_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:485486-1 Cathormion umbellatum (Vahl) Kosterm.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 August 2023.

|synonyms =

• Feuilleea umbellata {{small|(Vahl) Kuntze (1891)}}
• Inga umbellata {{small|(Vahl) Willd. (1806)}}
• Mimosa umbellata {{small|Vahl (1791)}}
• Pithecellobium umbellatum {{small|(Vahl) Benth. (1844)}}

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Cathormion is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It contains a single species, Cathormion umbellatum, a shrub or tree which ranges from India to Indochina, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, the Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, New Guinea, and northern Australia.

It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.{{cite journal | author = The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). | year = 2017 | title = A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny | journal = Taxon | volume = 66 | issue = 1 | pages = 44–77 | doi = 10.12705/661.3| doi-access = free | hdl = 10568/90658 | hdl-access = free }}

Two subspecies are accepted:

• Cathormion umbellatum subsp. moniliforme {{small|(DC.) Brummitt}} – Thailand, Sumatra, Java, Maluku, Lesser Sunda Islands, New Guinea, and northern Australia
• Cathormion umbellatum subsp. umbellatum – India, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam