Cordyla

Cordyla is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes seven species native to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging across northern Africa from Senegal to Somalia, and through eastern Africa from Sudan to KwaZulu-Natal, including Madagascar.

Species
, seven species were accepted:
 * Cordyla africana Lour. – A tree native to eastern Africa from Kenya to KwaZulu-Natal
 * Cordyla densiflora Milne-Redh. – a tree endemic to Tanzania
 * Cordyla haraka Capuron – a tree endemic to eastern Madagascar
 * Cordyla madagascariensis R.Vig. – a tree endemic to Madagascar
 * Cordyla pinnata (A. Rich.) Milne-Redh. – a tree native to western Africa from Senegal to Chad
 * Cordyla richardii Milne-Redh. – a shrub or tree native to South Sudan and northern Uganda
 * Cordyla somalensis J.B. Gillett – a shrub or tree native to Ethiopia and Somalia