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!

Taxon Subfamily Common name(s) Growth Form Native Geographic Range No. Seed Accessionssort ascending No. Living Accessions
Vachellia cornigera
Caesalpinioideae
  • bullhorn acacia
  • swollen-thorn acacia
  • Central America
  • Southern North America
4 0
Dalea leporina
Papilionoideae
  • foxtail dalea
4 0
Vachellia erioloba
Caesalpinioideae
  • giraffe thorn
  • camel thorn
  • umohlo (Ndebele)
  • mogoto (Tswana)
  • Southern Africa
4 1
Hoffmannseggia microphylla
Caesalpinioideae
  • small-leaved hoffmanseggia
4 1
Chamaecrista nictitans
Caesalpinioideae
  • sensitive partridge pea
4 0
Crotalaria cunninghamii
Papilionoideae
  • regal birdflower
  • green birdflower
  • parrot pea
4 0
Vachellia hebeclada subsp. hebeclada
Caesalpinioideae
  • candle-pod acacia
  • mouse bush
  • mohae (Sotho)
  • mosko (Tswana)
  • Southern Africa
4 3
Dermatophyllum arizonicum
Papilionoideae
  • Arizona sophora
  • Arizona mescalbean
4 0
Colophospermum mopane
Detarioideae
  • mopane
  • mupani (Shona)
  • iphane (Ndebele)
4 1
Lupinus argenteus var. argenteus
Papilionoideae
  • silvery lupin
4 0
Parkinsonia texana var. texana
Caesalpinioideae
  • Texas palo verde
4 3
Dalea nana var. carnescens
Papilionoideae
  • dwarf dalea
4 0
Mimosa dysocarpa
Caesalpinioideae
  • velvet-pod mimosa
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
4 2
Acacia murrayana
Caesalpinioideae
  • Murray's wattle
  • sand plain wattle
  • colony wattle
4 1
Vachellia rehmanniana
Caesalpinioideae
  • silky acacia
  • sydoring (Afrikaans)
  • Iphucla (Ndebele)
  • Southern Africa
4 1
Acacia cultriformis
Caesalpinioideae
  • knife-leaf wattle
4 1
Coursetia caribaea var. sericea
Papilionoideae 4 1
Mimosa grahamii var. grahamii
Caesalpinioideae
  • Graham's mimosa
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
4 2
Peltophorum africanum
Caesalpinioideae
  • African wattle
  • blackwood
  • muzeze (Shona)
  • umsehla (Ndebele)
tree
small tree
  • Southern Africa
4 3
Acacia notabilis
Caesalpinioideae
  • notable wattle
4 2
Acacia colletioides
Caesalpinioideae
  • wait-a-while
4 1
Vachellia sieberiana
Caesalpinioideae
  • paperbark acacia
  • umbrella thorn
  • sandanduur (Wolof)
  • West Africa
  • East Africa
  • Southern Africa
4 1
Lathyrus graminifolius
Papilionoideae
  • grass-leaf pea vine
4 0
Trifolium pinetorum
Papilionoideae
  • woods clover
3 0
Albizia harveyi
Caesalpinioideae
  • sickle-leaved albizia
  • muora (Shona)
  • umbola (Ndebele)
  • Africa
3 2