Adenolobus

Two species, distribution extending from the Northern Cape to southern Angola.

Afzelia

About 14 species, found in tropical regions, with one species, Afzelia quanzensis native to southern Africa.

Baikiaea

All 5 species are native to Africa, with 1, Baikiaea plurijuga, found in southern Africa (Namibia and Botswana).

Bauhinia

An indeterminate number of species, widely distributed, with 6 species native to southern Africa.

Brachystegia

About 30 species, native to tropical Africa, with one species, Brachystegia boehmii, occurring in Botswana (an outlying population of Brachystegia has recently been discovered in the Soutpansberg in Limpopo province.

Burkea

Caesalpinia

About 200 species, found in warm regions worldwide, with 6 indigenous and at least one naturalised species in southern Africa. 

Cassia

About 30 species, found in tropical regions, with one species, Cassia abbreviata, native to southern Africa. A number of other species have been introduced as garden and street-side trees. 

* Ceratonia

Two species, native to the Mediterranean, Arabian Peninsula and Somalia. The Carob tree Ceratonia siliqua originates from the Mediterranean and has been introduced to southern Africa where it sometimes occurs as an escape.

Chamaecrista

About 250 species, mainly native to the neotropical region, but with 9 species native to southern Africa.

Colophospermum

One species: Mopane Tree Colophospermum mopane (= Copaifera mopane), native to south-tropical Africa and in southern Africa found from Namibia across to the Mpumalanga lowveld.

Dialium

About 35 species, mainly native to tropical Africa, but also Madagascar and across to the Malay Peninsula. Two species are found in southern Africa.

Erythrophleum

About 10 species, native to tropical and subtropical Africa extending to Asia and northern Australia. Two species are native to southern Africa.

* Gleditsia

One species: Gleditsia triacanthos (Honey or Sweet Locust) introduced to southern Africa [from?] where it has become an escapee and is a declared Category 2 invader plant in southern Africa.

Guibourtia

The 16 species are found in tropical Africa and America with 2 species native to southern Africa.

Haematoxylum

Three species, native to Africa, tropical America and India, with 1 species, Haematoxylum dinteri, found in southern Africa (Namibia).

Hoffmannseggia

About 30 species, native to Central America and Africa, with 3 species native to southern Africa.

Julbernardia

About 8 species, all native to tropical Africa, with 1 species, Julbernardia globiflora, native to southern Africa (Caprivi Strip in Namibia, and Botswana).

Parkinsonia

About 14 species, found mainly in the warm regions of America but with one species, Parkinsonia africana, native to southern Africa (Namibia and Northern Cape).

Peltophorum

About 15 species, native to tropical regions, with one species, Peltophorum africanum, found in southern Africa.

Piliostigma

The 3 species are found from Africa to Asia and Australia, with one, Piliostigma thonningii, native to southern Africa.

Pterolobium

About 10 species, native to tropical regions, with one species, Pterolobium stellatum, found in southern Africa.

Schotia (boer-beans)

About 5 species, endemic to southern Africa.

Senna

About 240 species, concentrated in the tropics, with 5 species native to southern Africa and an unknown number of others that have become naturalised. Senna bicapsularis (Rambling cassia), Senna didymobotrya (Peanut butter cassia, Grondboontjiebotterkassia) and Senna pendula  var. glabrata are Category 3 invasive plants in South Africa.

Tamarindus

One species: Tamarindus indica, distributed in Asia and Africa with isolated specimens in the North-West Province and northern KwaZulu-Natal.

Tylosema

Four species, all African, with 2 native to southern Africa.

Umtiza

One species: Umtiza listeriana, endemic to forests in the Eastern Cape. 

Acrocarpus fraxinifolius (Shingle tree)

Indigenous from India to Indonesia.

Amherstia nobilis (Orchid tree, Pride of Burma)

Indigenous to Burma.

Brownea

Three species cultivated.

Cercidium floridum (Palo verde)

Indigenous to southwest USA and Mexico.

Cercis

Four species cultivated.

Colvillea racemosa (False flamboyant)

Indigenous to Madagascar.

Delonix

Two species cultivated.

Gigasiphon macrosiphon

Indigenous to tropical east Africa.

Gymnocladus dioicus (Kentucky coffee tree)

Indigenous to eastern USA.

Hymenaea (copals)

Two species cultivated.

Intsia bijuga (Merkau, Ipil)

Indigenous from India to Micronesia.

Lysiphyllum binatum

Indigenous from Thailand to Australia.

Petalostylis labicheoides

Indigenous to Australia.

Pterogyne nitens

Indigenous to Brazil.

Saraca asoca (Asoc, Asoka)

Indigenous from India and Sri Lanka through to Burma.

Schizolobium parahyba (Feather-duster tree, Sky-duster tree)

Indigenous to Brazil.