The genus Tylosema is in the plant family Fabaceae and encompasses four accepted species of perennial legume native to southern and central Africa. These are semi-woody viniferous plants broadly distributed from Sudan and Ethiopia south to Angola and South Africa. Coetzer and Ross originally described four Tylosema species:
There are four documented species within the genus Tylosema (Schweinf.) Torre & Hillc.:
Tylosema argentea (Chiov.) Brenan
Tylosema esculentum (Burch.) A.Schreib.—Marama bean
Tylosema ...