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 Accessions No. Living Accessionssort ascending
Acacia holosericea
Caesalpinioideae
  • candelabra wattle
  • soap tree
1 1
Acacia gittinsii
Caesalpinioideae 1 1
Acacia howittii
Caesalpinioideae
  • sticky wattle
1 1
Vachellia rehmanniana
Caesalpinioideae
  • silky acacia
  • sydoring (Afrikaans)
  • Iphucla (Ndebele)
  • Southern Africa
4 1
Vachellia nilotica subsp. subalata
Caesalpinioideae
  • Scented-pod acacia
  • Egyptian thorn
  • East Africa
  • South Asia
2 1
Acacia inaequilatera
Caesalpinioideae
  • camel bush
  • fire wattle
2 1
Acacia farinosa
Caesalpinioideae
  • mealy wattle
1 1
Acacia falcata
Caesalpinioideae
  • sickle wattle
  • hickory wattle
  • sally
1 1
Vachellia nilotica subsp. kraussiana
Caesalpinioideae
  • scented-pod acacia
  • mubayamhondoro (Shona)
  • isangawe (Ndebele)
  • Southern Africa
  • East Africa
5 1
Vachellia nilotica
Caesalpinioideae
  • scented-pod acacia
  • Egyptian thorn
  • West Africa
  • East Africa
  • Southern Africa
  • Northern Africa
  • Southwestern Asia
  • South Asia
1 1
Vachellia luederitzii var. luederitzii
Caesalpinioideae
  • Kalahari sand acacia
  • mokgwelekgwele (Tswana)
  • Southern Africa
2 1
Vachellia kirkii
Caesalpinioideae
  • flood-plain acacia
  • vloedvlaktedoring (Afrikaans)
  • East Africa
  • Southern Africa
1 1
Acacia decurrens
Caesalpinioideae
  • green wattle
  • black wattle
1 1
Vachellia tortilis subsp. spirocarpa
Caesalpinioideae
  • umbrella thorn
  • Southern Africa
  • East Africa
1 1
Vachellia grandicornuta
Caesalpinioideae
  • Horned-thorn
  • Horingdoring (Afrikaans)
  • Southern Africa
1 1
Acacia lineata
Caesalpinioideae
  • streaked wattle
2 1
Acacia littorea
Caesalpinioideae
  • coastal dune wattle
  • shark tooth wattle
1 1
Acacia dictyophleba
Caesalpinioideae
  • desert wattle
  • waxy wattle
  • feather-veined wattle
2 1
Vachellia xanthophloea
Caesalpinioideae
  • fever tree
  • Naivasha thorn
  • jelenga (Shangaan)
  • East Africa
  • Southern Africa
2 1
Acacia deanei
Caesalpinioideae
  • Deane's wattle
  • green wattle
2 1
Vachellia erioloba
Caesalpinioideae
  • giraffe thorn
  • camel thorn
  • umohlo (Ndebele)
  • mogoto (Tswana)
  • Southern Africa
4 1
Vachellia farnesiana
Caesalpinioideae
  • sweet acacia
  • huisache (Spanish)
  • Southern North America
  • Central America
  • Caribbean
  • Northern South America
  • Eastern South America
8 1
Acacia mabellae
Caesalpinioideae
  • Mabel's wattle
  • black wattle
1 1
Acacia doratoxylon
Caesalpinioideae
  • lancewood
  • spearwood
  • currawang
1 1
Acacia longissima
Caesalpinioideae
  • narrow-leaved wattle
  • long-leaf wattle
1 1