Berlinia

Berlinia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 21 species of trees native to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from Guinea to Chad, Tanzania, Mozambique, and Angola. All species of Berlinia have "explosive" pods, casting the seeds, in the case of the recently discovered Berlinia korupensis, up to 50 metres away.
Species of Berlina grow in the Guineo–Congolian forest of equatorial western and central Africa, and in the transitional forest–savanna mosaic belts north and south of the forest region.
Fossil pollen attributable to the genus is known from the Eocene of Africa.

Species

21 species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of August 2023:

Berlinia auriculata – Benin to Central African Republic and Republic of the Congo
Berlinia bracteosa – southern Nigeria to Chad and Democratic Republic of the Congo
Berlinia bruneelii – Cameroon and Central African Republic to Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola
Berlinia confusa – Sierra Leone to Cameroon and Republic of the Congo
Berlinia congolensis – Nigeria to Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola
Berlinia coriacea – Nigeria to Central African Republic
Berlinia craibiana – Nigeria to Central African Republic and northern Angola
Berlinia delevoyi – Democratic Republic of the Congo and northeastern Angola
Berlinia giorgii – Nigeria and Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, and Zambia
Berlinia grandiflora – Guinea to Niger, Central African Republic, and Angola
Berlinia hollandii – southern Nigeria and Cameroon
Berlinia immaculata – Cameroon and Gabon
Berlinia korupensis – western Cameroon
Berlinia occidentalis – Sierra Leone to Ghana
Berlinia orientalis – Tanzania and Mozambique
Berlinia phenacoa – Republic of the Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo
Berlinia rabiensis – Gabon
Berlinia razzifera – Gabon
Berlinia sapinii – Democratic Republic of the Congo
Berlinia tomentella – Sierra Leone to Ghana and Cameroon
Berlinia viridicans – Gabon, Republic of the Congo, and Democratic Republic of the Congo