Detarium

{{Short description|Genus of legumes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Detarium_microcarpum.jpg

|image_caption = Detarium microcarpum

|display_parents = 2

|taxon = Detarium

|authority = Juss. (1789)

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision =

• Detarium macrocarpum {{small|Harms}}
• Detarium microcarpum {{small|Guill. & Perr.}}
• Detarium senegalense {{small|J.F.Gmel.}} – tallow-tree

|subdivision_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:22234-1 Detarium Juss.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 August 2023.

}}

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.