Xylia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Mainland Southeast Asia."Xylia". Plants of the World Online, accessed 30 June 2018
Species Xylia includes nine accepted species:"Xylia". The Plant List. Accessed 30 June 2018 Xylia africana Harms Xylia evansii Hutch. Xylia fraterna (Vatke) Drake Xylia ghesquierei Robyns Xylia hoffmannii (Vatke) Drake Xylia mendoncae Torre (found in Mozambique) Xylia schliebenii Harms Xylia torreana Brenan (found in Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe) Xylia xylocarpa (Roxb.) Taub. (found in Indochina)
And one unresolved species: Xylia perieri Drake
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