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 Subfamilysort descending Common name(s) Growth Form Native Geographic Range No. Seed Accessions No. Living Accessions
Senegalia mellifera subsp. detinens
Caesalpinioideae
  • hook thorn
  • swaarthaak (Afrikaans)
  • monga (Tswana)
  • monkana (Sotho)
1 0
Senegalia hereroensis
Caesalpinioideae
  • red-thorned acacia
  • mountain thorn
  • morufuri (Tswana)
small tree
shrub
  • Southern Africa
3 1
Senegalia greggii
Caesalpinioideae
  • catclaw acacia
  • uña de gato (Spanish)
  • Southwestern North America
15 1
Senegalia goetzei subsp. goetzei
Caesalpinioideae
  • purple-pod acacia
  • East Africa
  • Central Africa
1 1
Senegalia gilliesii
Caesalpinioideae
  • garabato negro (Spanish)
small tree
shrub
  • South-Central South America
6 1
Senegalia galpinii
Caesalpinioideae
  • monkey thorn
  • apiesdoring (Afrikaans)
  • mokala (Tswana)
  • Southern Africa
3 2
Senegalia fleckii
Caesalpinioideae
  • blade thorn
  • mhahu (Tswana)
  • Southern Africa
3 2
Senegalia erubescens
Caesalpinioideae
  • blue-thorn
  • gowe (Ndebele)
  • chisosampotolo (Shangaan)
  • Southern Africa
3 1
Senegalia eriocarpa
Caesalpinioideae
  • wooly-podded acacia
  • Southern Africa
1 1
Senegalia crassifolia
Caesalpinioideae
  • bauhinia-leaf acacia
  • Southern North America
1 1
Senegalia chariessa
Caesalpinioideae
  • ulutatau (Ndebele)
  • Southern Africa
1 0
Senegalia catechu
Caesalpinioideae
  • black cutch
  • catechu
  • khair (Hindi)
  • kachu (Malay)
  • South Asia
1 0
Senegalia caffra
Caesalpinioideae
  • common hook-thorn
  • umthole (Zulu)
  • mtholo (Sotho)
  • Southern Africa
2 1
Senegalia burkei
Caesalpinioideae
  • black monkey thorn
  • swartapiesdoring (Afrikaans)
  • mukaya (Shangaan)
  • Southern Africa
2 0
Senegalia brevispica
Caesalpinioideae
  • prickly thorn
small tree
shrub
  • East Africa
  • Southern Africa
1 1
Senegalia bonariensis
Caesalpinioideae
  • napinday (Spanish)
  • uña de gato (Spanish)
  • East-Central South America
1 1
Senegalia berlandieri
Caesalpinioideae
  • Berlandier's acacia
  • guajillo (Spanish)
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
10 2
Senegalia ataxacantha
Caesalpinioideae
  • flamethorn
  • mukakanyuro (Shona)
  • uthathawu (Ndebele)
  • umbambangwe (Ndebele)
  • West Africa
  • Southern Africa
  • East Africa
2 1
Schizolobium parahybum
Caesalpinioideae
  • Brazilian firetree
  • Brazilian fern tree
  • guapuruvú (Spanish)
  • gallinazo (Spanish)
  • guapuruvu (Portuguese)
1 0
Samanea saman
Caesalpinioideae
  • monkeypod
  • rain tree
7 0
Pterolobium stellatum
Caesalpinioideae
  • redwings
2 0
Pterogyne nitens
Caesalpinioideae
  • viraró (Spanish)
  • guiraró (Spanish)
  • amendoim-bravo (Portuguese)
1 0
Mimosa biuncifera
Caesalpinioideae
  • catclaw mimosa
  • wait-a-minute bush
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
11 1
Mimosa bahamensis
Caesalpinioideae
  • White logwood bush, holdback
small tree
shrub
  • Southeastern Mexico
  • Central America
  • Bahamas
2 0
Mimosa asperata
Caesalpinioideae
  • Berlandier's mimosa
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
  • Central America
2 2