Caesalpinioideae

Taxa Represented in DELEP Accessions

Taxon Common Name(s) Growth Form Native Geographic Range
Senegalia erubescens
  • blue-thorn
  • gowe (Ndebele)
  • chisosampotolo (Shangaan)
  • Southern Africa
Senegalia fleckii
  • blade thorn
  • mhahu (Tswana)
  • Southern Africa
Senegalia galpinii
  • monkey thorn
  • apiesdoring (Afrikaans)
  • mokala (Tswana)
  • Southern Africa
Senegalia gilliesii
  • garabato negro (Spanish)
small tree
shrub
  • South-Central South America
Senegalia goetzei subsp. goetzei
  • purple-pod acacia
  • East Africa
  • Central Africa
Senegalia greggii
  • catclaw acacia
  • uña de gato (Spanish)
  • Southwestern North America
Senegalia hereroensis
  • red-thorned acacia
  • mountain thorn
  • morufuri (Tswana)
small tree
shrub
  • Southern Africa
Senegalia mellifera subsp. detinens
  • hook thorn
  • swaarthaak (Afrikaans)
  • monga (Tswana)
  • monkana (Sotho)
Senegalia modesta
  • phulai
  • pelosa
  • South Asia
  • Southeast Asia
Senegalia montis-usti
  • Brandberg acacia
  • brandbergdoring (Afrikaans)
  • Southern Africa
Senegalia nigrescens
  • knob-thorn
  • munanga (Shona)
  • umkhayaomhlope (Ndebele)
  • mokoba (Tswana)
  • Southern Africa
Senegalia occidentalis
  • Sonoran tree catclaw
  • teso (Spanish)
  • Southwestern North America
Senegalia polyacantha subsp. campylacantha
  • white thorn
  • falcon's claw acacia
  • witdoring (Afrikaans)
  • chiungadzi (Shona)
  • West Africa
  • Central Africa
  • East Africa
Senegalia polyphylla
  • white-tamarind
  • guarucaia (Portuguese)
  • cari-cari (Spanish)
  • Eastern South America
  • North-Central South America
  • Central America
  • Southern North America
Senegalia roemeriana
  • Roemer's acacia
small tree
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
Senegalia schweinfurthii var. schweinfurthii
  • river climbing acacia
  • uthathawu (Ndebele)
  • Southern Africa
  • East Africa
Senegalia senegal var. leiorachis
  • Three-thorned acacia
  • mdangana (Sotho)
  • East Africa
  • Southern Africa
Senegalia senegal var. rostrata
  • three-thorned acacia
  • ishikhaya (Zulu)
  • Southern Africa
Senegalia senegal var. senegal
  • gum arabic tree
  • kumbat
  • West Africa
  • East Africa
  • Southern Africa
Senegalia wrightii
  • Texas catclaw
  • Wright catclaw
  • South-Central North America
Senna aciphylla
  • sprawling cassia
Senna alata
  • emperor's candlestick
  • ringworm cassia
Senna alexandrina
  • senna
Senna aphylla
  • leafless senna
  • pichanilla (Spanish)
  • escoba (Spanish)
shrub
  • Southern South America
Senna armata
  • spiny senna
  • desert senna
Taxa Available: 558