Dialium ovoideum

Sri Lankan Velvet Tamarind
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Dialioideae[1]
Genus:	Dialium
Species:	D. ovoideum
Binomial name
	Dialium ovoideum; Thw.

Dialium ovoideum is a tropical[2] species of legume in the family Fabaceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. The Sinhala (Sri Lanka) name ගල් සියඹලා (Gal Siyambala) means Pebble Tamarind (ගල්: pebble-like/stone-like/hard).[3] The Tamil name பட்டுப் புளியம் பழம் means Silky Tamarind which is named after the silky texture of the shell of the fruit. (பட்டு: Velvet).

Stem

Sources

The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3.
http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Dialium+ovoideum
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[6subfamilies-1] The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3.

[2] ttp://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Dialium+ovoideum

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-02. Retrieved 2015-03-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)