Hymenaea Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. (1753) 1192; Lee & Langenheim, Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 69 (1975) 51; Cowan & Polhill in Polhill & Raven (eds.), Adv. Leg. Syst. I (1981) 130; Watson & Dallwitz, Gen. Leg.-Caesalp. 1 (1983) 34; Hou, Larsen & Larsen, Fl. Malesiana 12 (1996) 724.
Type species: Hymenaea courbaril Linnaeus
Trachylobium Hayne, Flora 10 (1827) 743; Hutchinson, Gen. Pl. 1 (1964) 243; Brenan, Fl. Trop. E Afr., Caesalp. (1967) 1 32.
Type species: Trachylabium verrucosum (J. Gaertner) Oliv. (= Hymenaea verrucosa J. Gaertner).