Search for Legume Taxa

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Taxon Subfamilysort descending Common name(s) Growth Form Native Geographic Range No. Seed Accessions No. Living Accessions
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
Zapoteca formosa subsp. schottii
Caesalpinioideae
  • fairy duster
  • tasopolo (Spanish)
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
2 2
Vachellia tortilis subsp. raddiana
Caesalpinioideae
  • shittam
  • Northern Africa
3 0
Vachellia tortilis subsp. spirocarpa
Caesalpinioideae
  • umbrella thorn
  • Southern Africa
  • East Africa
1 1
Vachellia vernicosa
Caesalpinioideae
  • Chihuahuan whitethorn
  • vinorama (Spanish)
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
7 2
Vachellia xanthophloea
Caesalpinioideae
  • fever tree
  • Naivasha thorn
  • jelenga (Shangaan)
  • East Africa
  • Southern Africa
2 1
Zuccagnia punctata
Caesalpinioideae
  • jarilla macho (Spanish)
  • pus pus (Spanish)
 3 0
Zygia longifolia
Caesalpinioideae
  • barbasquillo (Spanish)
  • pichindé (Spanish)
  • sotacaballo (Spanish)
 2 0

Taxa Found: 1281