Foetidia is a genus of flowering plants first described as a genus in 1788.
Most authors place the genus in the family Lecythidaceae, the sole genus in the subfamily Foetidioideae, but some prefer to treat it as a distinct family, the Foetidiaceae. It is native to eastern Africa and to various islands in the Indian Ocean.
Species
Source: in Tanzania
- Foetidia asymetrica - Madagascar
- Foetidia capuronii - Madagascar
- Foetidia clusioides - Madagascar
- Foetidia comorensis - Mayotte
- Foetidia cuneata - Madagascar
- Foetidia delphinensis - Madagascar
- Foetidia dracaenoides - Madagascar
- Foetidia macrocarpa - Madagascar
- Foetidia mauritiana - Mauritius, Réunion
- Foetidia obliqua - Pemba I, Madagascar
- Foetidia parviflora - Madagascar
- Foetidia pterocarpa - Madagascar
- Foetidia retusa - Madagascar
- Foetidia rodriguesiana - Rodrigues
- Foetidia rubescens - Madagascar
- Foetidia sambiranensis - Madagascar
- Foetidia vohemarensis - Madagascar
The wood of Foetidia mauritiana is one of several woods known as stinkwood because of its unpleasant smell.