Podalyria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae.

It includes 17 species of small trees or shrubs native to the Cape Provinces, Free State, and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.

They inhabit Mediterranean-climate shrubland (fynbos and forest margins) from low to high elevations, typically in rocky or sandy areas.

The genus is endemic to South Africa.

[2] Podalyria comprises the following species:[1][3][4][5] This Faboideae-related article is a stub.