Dialium cochinchinense

Dialium cochinchinense, the velvet tamarind, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae.

It is native to Borneo and Indochina (Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam),[2] but may have been introduced to Sri Lanka, Ghana, Nigeria and other west African countries.

[3][4] (or may be confused with other species in the genus Dialium).

In the wild, it is threatened by habitat loss.

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Dialium cochinchinense fruit at a market in Ho Chi Minh City