Elephantorrhiza

Small trees, shrubs or suffrutices, unarmed. Leaves 2-pinnate; rhachis eglandular. Inflorescences of axillary spike-like racemes, solitary or clustered. Calyx with 5 teeth. Petals 5, free. Stamens 10. Anthers with a caducous apical gland. Pod straight or ± curved; at maturity the valves separating from the persistent margins, the outer layer of the pod wall often peeling off the inner layer, the layers remaining intact or breaking irregularly. Seeds ± flattened.

Elephantorrhiza is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae.

It has the following species:

Elephantorrhiza burkei Benth. Elephantorrhiza elephantina (Burch.) Skeels Elephantorrhiza goetzei (Harms) Harms Elephantorrhiza obliqua Burtt Davy Elephantorrhiza praetermissa J.H.Ross Elephantorrhiza schinziana Dinter Elephantorrhiza suffruticosa Schinz Elephantorrhiza woodii E.Phillips