Piliostigma
Piliostigma is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes five species of small deciduous trees native to sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, Java, the Philippines, and northern Australia. It belongs to the subfamily Cercidoideae and the tribe Bauhinieae. It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.
Species
Piliostigma comprises the following species:Piliostigma foveolatum Thoth.Piliostigma malabaricum Benth.—purple orchid treePiliostigma reticulatum Hochst.Piliostigma thonningii Milne-Redh.Piliostigma tortuosum Thoth.Some other species often placed here are nowadays usually assigned their traditional genus Bauhinia again.