Search for Legume Taxa

Search for taxa represented in the DELEP holdings. Click on the scientific name of a taxon to see its taxon profile!

Taxonsort descending Subfamily Common name(s) Growth Form Native Geographic Range No. Seed Accessions No. Living Accessions
Vachellia erioloba
Caesalpinioideae
  • giraffe thorn
  • camel thorn
  • umohlo (Ndebele)
  • mogoto (Tswana)
  • Southern Africa
4 1
Vachellia exuvialis
Caesalpinioideae
  • flaky acacia
  • broom acacia
  • skilferdoring (Afrikaans)
  • Southern Africa
1 0
Vachellia farnesiana
Caesalpinioideae
  • sweet acacia
  • huisache (Spanish)
  • Southern North America
  • Central America
  • Caribbean
  • Northern South America
  • Eastern South America
8 1
Vachellia flava
Caesalpinioideae
  • salam (Arabic)
  • Northern Africa
  • Southwestern Asia
1 1
Vachellia gerrardii subsp. gerrardii
Caesalpinioideae
  • red thorn
  • gray-haired acacia
  • rooidoring (Afrikaans)
  • isiPhuze (Zulu)
  • Southern Africa
  • East Africa
3 0
Vachellia grandicornuta
Caesalpinioideae
  • Horned-thorn
  • Horingdoring (Afrikaans)
  • Southern Africa
1 1
Vachellia haematoxylon
Caesalpinioideae
  • gray camel-thorn
  • vaalkameeldoring (Afrikaans)
  • Southern Africa
2 0
Vachellia hebeclada subsp. chobiensis
Caesalpinioideae
  • river candle-pod acacia
  • Southern Africa
1 0
Vachellia hebeclada subsp. hebeclada
Caesalpinioideae
  • candle-pod acacia
  • mouse bush
  • mohae (Sotho)
  • mosko (Tswana)
  • Southern Africa
4 3
Vachellia hebeclada subsp. tristis
Caesalpinioideae
  • weeping candle-pod acacia
  • candle thorn
  • Southern Africa
1 0
Vachellia karroo
Caesalpinioideae
  • sweet thorn
  • Karoo thorn
  • soetdoring (Afrikaans)
  • umunga (Zulu)
  • isinga (Ndebele)
  • Southern Africa
7 2
Vachellia kirkii
Caesalpinioideae
  • flood-plain acacia
  • vloedvlaktedoring (Afrikaans)
  • East Africa
  • Southern Africa
1 1
Vachellia luederitzii var. luederitzii
Caesalpinioideae
  • Kalahari sand acacia
  • mokgwelekgwele (Tswana)
  • Southern Africa
2 1
Vachellia nebrownii
Caesalpinioideae
  • water acacia
  • lerura (Tswana)
  • lerwana (Tswana)
small tree
shrub
  • Southern Africa
2 3
Vachellia nilotica
Caesalpinioideae
  • scented-pod acacia
  • Egyptian thorn
  • West Africa
  • East Africa
  • Southern Africa
  • Northern Africa
  • Southwestern Asia
  • South Asia
1 1
Vachellia nilotica subsp. kraussiana
Caesalpinioideae
  • scented-pod acacia
  • mubayamhondoro (Shona)
  • isangawe (Ndebele)
  • Southern Africa
  • East Africa
5 1
Vachellia nilotica subsp. subalata
Caesalpinioideae
  • Scented-pod acacia
  • Egyptian thorn
  • East Africa
  • South Asia
2 1
Vachellia pennatula var. pennatula
Caesalpinioideae
  • feather acacia
  • algarrobo (Spanish)
  • Southern North America
  • Central America
  • Northern South America
5 2
Vachellia permixta
Caesalpinioideae
  • hairy acacia
  • slender thorn
  • slapdoring (Afrikaans)
  • moselaphala (Sotho)
shrub
  • Southern Africa
3 1
Vachellia reficiens
Caesalpinioideae
  • false umbrella thorn
  • vals haak-en-steek (Afrikaans)
tree
small tree
  • Northeastern Africa
1 1
Vachellia reficiens subsp. reficiens
Caesalpinioideae
  • false umbrella thorn
  • vals haak-en-steek (Afrikaans)
  • Southern Africa
1 0
Vachellia rehmanniana
Caesalpinioideae
  • silky acacia
  • sydoring (Afrikaans)
  • Iphucla (Ndebele)
  • Southern Africa
4 1
Vachellia rigidula
Caesalpinioideae
  • blackbrush acacia
  • chaparro prieto (Spanish)
  • Southern North America
8 3
Vachellia robusta
Caesalpinioideae
  • splendid acacia
  • enkeldoring (Afrikaans)
  • Southern Africa
  • East Africa
1 0
Vachellia schaffneri var. bravoensis
Caesalpinioideae
  • Schaffner acacia
  • twisted acacia
  • Southern North America
2 2