Cochlianthus

{{Short description|Genus of legumes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Cochlianthus

| authority = Benth.

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:22051-1 Cochlianthus Benth.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 August 2023.

| subdivision =

• Cochlianthus gracilis {{small|Benth.}}
• Cochlianthus montanus {{small|(Diels) Harms}}

}}

Cochlianthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae.{{Cite journal |last1=Bo |first1=R. E. N. |last2=Xiang-Yun |first2=Z. H. U. |last3=Yan-Cheng |first3=Jiang |date=2007-05-18 |title=Systematic significance of leaf epidermal features in Apios and Cochlianthus (Leguminosae) |url=https://www.jse.ac.cn/EN/10.1360/aps050016 |journal=Journal of Systematics and Evolution |language=en |volume=45 |issue=3 |pages=274 |doi=10.1360/aps050016 |doi-broken-date=11 July 2025 |issn=1674-4918|url-access=subscription }} It belongs to subfamily Faboideae.

It contains two species, native to the central and eastern Himalayas, Tibet, and south-central China.