Dunbaria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It includes 19 species which range from India to Indochina, China, Korea, Japan, Malesia, New Guinea, and northern Australia.[1]

Dunbaria
Dunbaria fusca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Phaseoleae
Subtribe: Cajaninae
Genus: Dunbaria
Wight & Arn. (1834), nom. cons.[1][2]
Species

19; see text.

Uses edit

Root tubers of Dunbaria species have been used as traditional food for Aborigines of the Northern Territory.[3]

Species edit

19 species are accepted:[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. "Dunbaria Wight & Arn". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  2. ^ Wight, R. & Walker-Arnott, G.A. 1834. Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis 1
  3. ^ NTFlora Northern Territory Flora online: Flora of the Darwin Region: Fabaceae. Retrieved 10 June 2018

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