5; see text Piliostigma is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae.

It includes five species of small deciduous trees native to sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, Java, the Philippines, and northern Australia.

[1] It belongs to the subfamily Cercidoideae[2] and the tribe Bauhinieae.

[3] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.

[4] Piliostigma comprises the following species:[1][5][6]