Caesalpinioideae

Taxa Represented in DELEP Accessions

Taxon Common Name(s) Growth Form Native Geographic Range
Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa
  • Texas honey mesquite
Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana
  • western honey mesquite
Prosopis juliflora
  • mesquite
Prosopis koelziana
  • ghaf
  • shibhan
Prosopis laevigata
  • mesquite
Prosopis nigra
  • algarrobo negro (Spanish)
Prosopis pubescens
  • screwbean mesquite
  • tornillo (Spanish)
Prosopis reptans var. cinerascens
  • dwarf screwbean
subshrub
  • Southwestern North America
Prosopis tamarugo
  • tamarugo
Prosopis velutina
  • velvet mesquite
Pseudosamanea guachapele subsp. guachapele
  • guachapele (Spanish)
Pterogyne nitens
  • viraró (Spanish)
  • guiraró (Spanish)
  • amendoim-bravo (Portuguese)
Pterolobium stellatum
  • redwings
Samanea saman
  • monkeypod
  • rain tree
Schizolobium parahybum
  • Brazilian firetree
  • Brazilian fern tree
  • guapuruvú (Spanish)
  • gallinazo (Spanish)
  • guapuruvu (Portuguese)
Senegalia ataxacantha
  • flamethorn
  • mukakanyuro (Shona)
  • uthathawu (Ndebele)
  • umbambangwe (Ndebele)
  • West Africa
  • Southern Africa
  • East Africa
Senegalia berlandieri
  • Berlandier's acacia
  • guajillo (Spanish)
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
Senegalia bonariensis
  • napinday (Spanish)
  • uña de gato (Spanish)
  • East-Central South America
Senegalia brevispica
  • prickly thorn
small tree
shrub
  • East Africa
  • Southern Africa
Senegalia burkei
  • black monkey thorn
  • swartapiesdoring (Afrikaans)
  • mukaya (Shangaan)
  • Southern Africa
Senegalia caffra
  • common hook-thorn
  • umthole (Zulu)
  • mtholo (Sotho)
  • Southern Africa
Senegalia catechu
  • black cutch
  • catechu
  • khair (Hindi)
  • kachu (Malay)
  • South Asia
Senegalia chariessa
  • ulutatau (Ndebele)
  • Southern Africa
Senegalia crassifolia
  • bauhinia-leaf acacia
  • Southern North America
Senegalia eriocarpa
  • wooly-podded acacia
  • Southern Africa