See text Swartzia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae.

While it can be found throughout the wet lowlands from Mexico and the Caribbean islands to southern Brazil and Bolivia, Swartzia is most abundant and species-rich in Amazonia, where 10–20 species may co-occur at a single site.

The species of Swartzia are mostly trees, ranging from small understory treelets to large canopy emergents.

In addition 6 leaflets have been described from the New Lawrence and Miller clay pits in Henry County, Tennessee.

[2] More than 200 species have been described:[1][3][4] Recent phylogenetic analyses have revealed several well-supported clades within Swartzia that roughly correspond to previously-erected sections and series in the genus.