Uraria is a genus of plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 24 species of shrubs and subshrubs native to sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, China, Malesia, Papuasia, Australia, and the South Pacific. Typical habitats are seasonally-dry tropical woodland or grassland. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae and the tribe Desmodieae.

Species

24 species are accepted by Plants of the World Online.

• Uraria acaulis Schindl.

• Uraria acuminata Kurz

• Uraria balansae Schindl.

• Uraria campanulata (Benth.) Gagnep.

• Uraria candida Backer

• Uraria cochinchinensis Schindl.

• Uraria cordifolia Wall.

• Uraria crinita (L.) Desv. ex DC.

• Uraria gossweileri Baker f.

• Uraria gracilis Prain

• Uraria kurzii Schindl.

• Uraria lacei Craib

• Uraria lagopodioides (L.) DC.

• Uraria lagopus DC.

• Uraria oblonga (Wall. ex Benth.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi

• Uraria picta (Jacq.) Desv. ex DC.

• Uraria pierrei Schindl.

• Uraria poilanei Dy Phon

• Uraria prunellifolia Graham ex Baker

• Uraria pseudoacuminata W.Tokaew & Chantar.

• Uraria pulchra Haines

• Uraria rotundata Craib

• Uraria rufescens (DC.) Schindl.

• Uraria sinensis Franch.

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