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 ascending Subfamily Common name(s) Growth Form Native Geographic Range No. Seed Accessions No. Living Accessions
Senna aphylla
Caesalpinioideae
  • leafless senna
  • pichanilla (Spanish)
  • escoba (Spanish)
shrub
  • Southern South America
1 0
Senna alexandrina
Caesalpinioideae
  • senna
1 0
Senna alata
Caesalpinioideae
  • emperor's candlestick
  • ringworm cassia
4 0
Senna aciphylla
Caesalpinioideae
  • sprawling cassia
2 2
Senegalia wrightii
Caesalpinioideae
  • Texas catclaw
  • Wright catclaw
  • South-Central North America
2 2
Senegalia senegal var. senegal
Caesalpinioideae
  • gum arabic tree
  • kumbat
  • West Africa
  • East Africa
  • Southern Africa
2 0
Senegalia senegal var. rostrata
Caesalpinioideae
  • three-thorned acacia
  • ishikhaya (Zulu)
  • Southern Africa
2 1
Senegalia senegal var. leiorachis
Caesalpinioideae
  • Three-thorned acacia
  • mdangana (Sotho)
  • East Africa
  • Southern Africa
2 1
Senegalia schweinfurthii var. schweinfurthii
Caesalpinioideae
  • river climbing acacia
  • uthathawu (Ndebele)
  • Southern Africa
  • East Africa
1 0
Senegalia roemeriana
Caesalpinioideae
  • Roemer's acacia
small tree
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
8 2
Senegalia polyphylla
Caesalpinioideae
  • white-tamarind
  • guarucaia (Portuguese)
  • cari-cari (Spanish)
  • Eastern South America
  • North-Central South America
  • Central America
  • Southern North America
1 1
Senegalia polyacantha subsp. campylacantha
Caesalpinioideae
  • white thorn
  • falcon's claw acacia
  • witdoring (Afrikaans)
  • chiungadzi (Shona)
  • West Africa
  • Central Africa
  • East Africa
3 2
Senegalia occidentalis
Caesalpinioideae
  • Sonoran tree catclaw
  • teso (Spanish)
  • Southwestern North America
5 1
Senegalia nigrescens
Caesalpinioideae
  • knob-thorn
  • munanga (Shona)
  • umkhayaomhlope (Ndebele)
  • mokoba (Tswana)
  • Southern Africa
3 1
Senegalia montis-usti
Caesalpinioideae
  • Brandberg acacia
  • brandbergdoring (Afrikaans)
  • Southern Africa
1 1
Senegalia modesta
Caesalpinioideae
  • phulai
  • pelosa
  • South Asia
  • Southeast Asia
2 1
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