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.
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The wood of Foetidia mauritiana is one of several woods known as stinkwood because of its unpleasant smell.