Dialium

{{Short description|Genus of legumes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Dialium guineense MS 10536.jpg

|image_caption = Dialium guineense

|taxon = Dialium

|authority = L.

|synonyms =

• Andradia Sim (1909)
• Arouna Aubl. (1775)
• Cleyria {{small|Neck. (1790), opus utique oppr.}}
• Codarium {{small|Sol. ex Vahl (1804)}}
• Correa {{small|M.E.Becerra (1936), no Latin descr.}}
• Dansera Steenis (1948)
• Rhynchocarpa Backer ex K. Heyne (1927), nom. illeg.
• Sciaplea Rauschert (1982)
• Sennia {{small|Chiov. (1932), non Pascher (1912).}}

|synonyms_ref = {{cite web |title=Dialium L.. |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|url=http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:22238-1 |access-date=18 August 2023 }}

}}

File:Dialium Sp. MHNT.BOT.2007.40.135.jpg]]

Dialium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Dialioideae.{{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 }} Velvet tamarind is a common name for several species. The genus includes 37 species which range from the tropical Americas to sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, India, Indochina, and western Malesia.