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
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
Scorpiurus muricatus
Papilionoideae
  • prickly scorpion's-tail
1 0
Schotia latifolia
Detarioideae
  • bush boer-bean
  • bosboerboon (Afrikaans)
1 0
Schotia brachypetala
Detarioideae
  • weeping boer-bean
  • fuchsia tree
  • weeping schotia
  • huilboerboon (Afrikaans)
  • mutondochuru (Shona)
1 1
Schotia afra var. angustifolia
Detarioideae
  • small-leaved Karoo boer-bean
  • fynblaar-boerboon (Afrikaans)
1 0
Schotia afra var. afra
Detarioideae
  • Karoo boer-bean
1 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
Robinia pseudoacacia
Papilionoideae
  • black locust
9 1
Robinia neomexicana
Papilionoideae
  • New Mexico locust
7 0
Robinia luxurians
Papilionoideae 1 0
Robinia hispida var. fertilis
Papilionoideae
  • bristly locust
  • moss locust
  • rose-acacia
2 0
Rhynchosia totta var. venulosa
Papilionoideae 1 0
Rhynchosia texana
Papilionoideae
  • Texas snoutbean
  • trailing narrow-leaf cologania
perennial herb
  • Southwestern North America
3 2
Rhynchosia sordida
Papilionoideae 1 0
Rhynchosia resinosa
Papilionoideae
  • mudandemutande (Shona)
1 0
Rhynchosia pyramidalis
Papilionoideae
  • rosary bean
shrub
climber/vine
  • Southern North America
  • Central America
  • Caribbean
  • Northwestern South America
4 0