| Hardwickia | |
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| Leaves of an anjan tree | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Detarioideae |
| Tribe: | Detarieae |
| Genus: | Hardwickia Roxb. (1811) |
| Species: | H. binata
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| Binomial name | |
| Hardwickia binata Roxb. (1819)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Hardwickia trapeziformis Graham (1831), not validly publ. | |
Hardwickia is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the subfamily Detarioideae of the legumes. The only species is the anjan, Hardwickia binata, a tree which is native to India and Bangladesh, and which grows to height of 25-30 meters.[2][3] This plant genus was named after Thomas Hardwicke by William Roxburgh.[4]
- ^ Hardwickia binata Roxb. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ "Hardwickia binata". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ "Hardwickia binata - Species Information". The International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF). Archived from the original on 2012-09-27.Note: Archive not available until mid-2013.
- ^ Roxburgh, William (1819). Plants of the Coast of Coromandel; selected from drawings and descriptions, presented to the Hon. Court of Directors of the East India Company. Vol. 3. London: W. Bulmer and Co. p. 6.