Caesalpinioideae

Taxa Represented in DELEP Accessions

Taxon Common Name(s) Growth Form Native Geographic Range
Ceratonia siliqua
  • carob
  • St. John's bread
Chamaecrista absus
  • tropical sensitive-pea
Chamaecrista capensis var. capensis
Chamaecrista desvauxii var. glauca
Chamaecrista falcinella
Chamaecrista fasciculata
  • partridge pea
Chamaecrista fasciculata var. fasciculata
  • partridge pea
Chamaecrista fasciculata var. ferrisiae
  • prostrate partridge pea
Chamaecrista flexuosa var. flexuosa
  • Texas senstive-pea
Chamaecrista mimosoides
  • five-leaf cassia
  • tea senna
  • Japanese tea
Chamaecrista nictitans
  • sensitive partridge pea
Chamaecrista nictitans var. mensalis
  • sensitive partridge pea
Chamaecrista rotundifolia
  • round-leaf cassia
Chamaecrista serpens var. wrightii
  • Wright's sensitive pea
  • partridge pea
Chamaecrista stricta
Chloroleucon mangense var. leucospermum
  • palo pinto
  • palo fierro
Chloroleucon tenuiflorum
  • tatane
  • tatare
  • palo cascarudo (Spanish)
  • espinillo (Spanish)
Conzattia multiflora
  • palo joso
Coulteria cubensis
  • brasiletto
  • Southern North America
  • Central America
  • Caribbean
Coulteria platyloba
  • palo colorado (Spanish)
Coulteria pumila
  • palo piojo (Spanish)
  • piojito (Spanish)
Delonix elata
Delonix regia
  • royal poinciana
  • flamboyant tree
  • nete tubaab (Wolof)
Denisophytum sessilifolium
Desmanthus bicornutus
  • two-horn bundleflower