Hylodendron

{{Short description|Genus of legumes}}

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|status = LC

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group. 2019. [https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/144295739/149028494#habitat-ecology Hylodendron gabunense]. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T144295739A149028494. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T144295739A149028494.en. Accessed 2 September 2023.

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|genus = Hylodendron

|parent_authority = Taub. (1894)

|species = gabunense

|authority = Taub. (1894)

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Hylodendron is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Detarioideae. It contains a single species, Hylodendron gabunense, a tree native to Nigeria and west-central tropical Africa (Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, and Democratic Republic of the Congo), where it grows in Guineo-Congolian forest. It is a tall and thin-boled tree with sharp buttresses, and is armed with woody spines.[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:498766-1 Hylodendron gabunense Taub.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2 September 2023.