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สกุลมะขามเทศ หรือ Pithecellobium เป็นสกุลของพืชมีดอกในวงศ์ Fabaceae ชื่อสกุลนี้มาจาก ภาษากรีก πιθηκος (pithekos), หมายถึงลิง และ ελλοβιον (ellobion), หมายถึง ต่างหู ซึ่งหมายถึงรูปร่างของฝัก

สปีชีส์

มีสมาชิกในสกุลนี้ประมาณ 75 ชนิด:

 Pithecellobium albicaule Britton & Rose
 Pithecellobium bahamense Northr.
Pithecellobium benthamianum
 Pithecellobium bertolonii Benth.
 Pithecellobium bifoliolatum
Pithecellobium bijugatum
 Pithecellobium bipinnatum L.Rico
Pithecellobium brevipes
 Pithecellobium brownii Standl.
Pithecellobium caesalpinioides  
Pithecellobium campechense  
Pithecellobium candidum
 Pithecellobium circinale (L.) Benth.
Pithecellobium cochliocarpum
 Pithecellobium concinnum Pittier
Pithecellobium cordifolium
 Pithecellobium cynodonticum Barneby & J.W.Grimes
Pithecellobium decandrum
Pithecellobium discolor
Pithecellobium diversifolium
Pithecellobium domingense
 Pithecellobium dulce  (Roxb.) Benth. - guamúchil, ebony blackbead, monkeypod (Mexico, Central America, northern South America)
Pithecellobium elachistophyllum
Pithecellobium elegans
 Pithecellobium excelsum (Kunth) Mart.
 Pithecellobium filipes (Vent.) Benth.
Pithecellobium flavovirens
 Pithecellobium furcatum Benth.
Pithecellobium glaucescens
Pithecellobium guaraniticum 
Pithecellobium guaricense
Pithecellobium guatemalense 
Pithecellobium gummiferum
Pithecellobium halogenes 
Pithecellobium hansemannii
 Pithecellobium histrix (A.Rich.) Benth.
 Pithecellobium hymenaeafolium (Willd.) Benth
 Pithecellobium insigne Micheli
Pithecellobium jiringa
 Pithecellobium johansenii Standl. (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras)
 Pithecellobium keyense Coker - Florida Keys blackbead
Pithecellobium laetum
Pithecellobium lanceolatum  
Pithecellobium larensis
Pithecellobium lentiscifolium
Pithecellobium leucosericeum
Pithecellobium longipendulum
Pithecellobium macrandrium
Pithecellobium maestrense
Pithecellobium marthae 
Pithecellobium mataybifolium 
Pithecellobium micradenium
Pithecellobium microchlamys
Pithecellobium mucronatum
Pithecellobium nicoyanum
Pithecellobium obliquifoliolatum
 Pithecellobium oblongum Benth.
Pithecellobium obovale
 Pithecellobium pachypus Pittier
 Pithecellobium peckii S.F.Blake
Pithecellobium pistaciifolium
 Pithecellobium platycarpum Merr.
Pithecellobium roseum - buche colorado
Pithecellobium salutare
 Pithecellobium seleri Harms (Guatemala, Honduras)
Pithecellobium spinulosum 
Pithecellobium splendens
Pithecellobium steyermarkii 
Pithecellobium striolatum
 Pithecellobium tenue Craib
Pithecellobium tonduzii  
Pithecellobium tuerckheimii
 Pithecellobium unguis-cati (L.) Benth. - catclaw blackbead
Pithecellobium velutinum
 Pithecellobium vietnamense I.C.Nielsen

เคยอยู่สกุลนี้

 Archidendron bigeminum (as P. bigeminum, P. gracile, P. nicobaricum)
 Chloroleucon foliolosum (as P. foliolosum, P. grisebachianum, P. myriophyllum Malme, P. oligandrum)
 Pseudosamanea cubana (as P. bacona)
 Zygia cognata (as P. cognatum, P. stevensonii)
 Zygia pithecolobioides (as P. pithecolobioides, P. reductum'')

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