Vandasina

{{Short description|Genus of legumes}}

{{Speciesbox

|image = Vandasina retusa.jpg

| genus = Vandasina

| parent_authority = Rauschert (1982)

| display_parents = 2

| species = retusa

| authority = (Benth.) Rauschert (1982)

| synonyms =

• Vandasia Domin (1926)
• Caulinia retusa {{small|(Benth.) F.Muell. (1871)}}
• Dolichos obcordatus {{small|A.Cunn. ex Benth. (1864), not validly publ.}}
• Glycine retusa {{small|Sol. ex Benth. (1864), not validly publ.}}
• Hardenbergia retusa {{small|Benth. (1864)}}
• Kennedia retusa {{small|(Benth.) F.Muell. (1866)}}
• Vandasia retusa {{small|Domin (1926)}}

|synonyms_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:911612-1 Vandasina retusa (Benth.) Rauschert] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 September 2023.

}}

Vandasina is a monotypic genus—that is, a genus that includes only one known species—of plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. The sole included species is Vandasina retusa {{Au|(Benth.) Rauschert}}{{cite web |title=Vandasina Rauschert {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:893582-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=30 November 2022 |language=en}}

It is a climbing shrub native to the island of New Guinea and Queensland (in Australia).

The genus and species were both first published in Taxon Vol.31 on page 559 in 1982.

The genus name of Vandasina is in honour of Karel (Karl) Vandas (1861–1923), who was a (Bohemian-) Czech Botanist and teacher, who taught in Prague and was Professor of Agriculture and forestry at the Technical College in Brno.{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen |trans-title=Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2022 | isbn=978-3-946292-41-8 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022|format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2022 |access-date=January 27, 2022}}