Talbotiella

{{Short description|Genus of legumes}}

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|authority = Baker f. (1914)

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|subdivision_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:23657-1 Talbotiella Baker f.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 September 2023.

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Talbotiella is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 9 species native to west-central and west tropical Africa. Most species ranges from Ghana to the Republic of the Congo. Five are endemic to Cameroon.Mackinder, B. A., Wieringa, J. J., & van der Burgt, X. M. (2010). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/23216390?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents A revision of the genus Talbotiella Baker f.(Caesalpinioideae: Leguminosae).] Kew Bulletin, 401-420. T. cheekii is endemic to Guinea.

Most are trees growing 6 to 35 meters tall. Some form stilt roots to anchor themselves in wet soil. T. eketensis is a shrub. They grow in coastal and freshwater swamp forest and seasonally-dry forest, often on sandy soil, and on rocky hills.

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