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
Amphithalea schlecteri
Papilionoideae 1 1
Acacia uncinata
Caesalpinioideae
  • gold-dust wattle
1 1
Acacia ulicifolia
Caesalpinioideae
  • prickly moses
1 1
Acacia tumida
Caesalpinioideae
  • Pindan wattle
  • spear wattle
  • wongai
1 1
Melilotus officinalis
Papilionoideae
  • yellow sweet clover
2 0
Mimosa polyantha
Caesalpinioideae
  • Chacapo, espino
shrub
  • Mexico
1 0
Marina calycosa
Papilionoideae
  • San Pedro false prairie clover
2 0
Mucuna gigantea subsp. gigantea
Papilionoideae
  • sea bean
2 0
Mucuna macrocarpa
Papilionoideae
  • Rusty-leaf mucuna
1 0
Lotus arabicus
Papilionoideae 1 0
Lotus arenarius
Papilionoideae 1 0
Vachellia tortilis subsp. raddiana
Caesalpinioideae
  • shittam
  • Northern Africa
3 0
Mimosa albida
Caesalpinioideae
subshrub
climber/vine
perennial herb
  • Northern South America
  • Central America
  • Southern Mexico
1 0
Lotus australis
Papilionoideae
  • Barwon River lotus
  • Austral indigo
  • Australian lotus
6 0
Mimosa acantholoba var. eurycarpa
Caesalpinioideae
small tree
shrub
  • Mexico
1 0
Marina diffusa
Papilionoideae
  • escoba colorada (Spanish)
3 0
Lotus corniculatus
Papilionoideae
  • birdsfoot trefoil
2 0
Millettia grandis
Papilionoideae
  • umzimbeet
  • omsambeet (Afrikaans)
  • umSimbithwa (Zulu)
1 0
Lathyrus tingitanus
Papilionoideae
  • Tangier pea
1 0
Lotus edulis
Papilionoideae
  • edible bird's-foot trefoil
1 0
Medicago sativa
Papilionoideae
  • alfalfa
1 0
Vicia bijuga
Papilionoideae 2 0
Lotus cruentus
Papilionoideae
  • red bird's-foot trefoil
  • red-flower lotus
5 0
Medicago lupulina
Papilionoideae
  • black medick
  • hop-clover
  • nonesuch
1 0
Lotus discolor
Papilionoideae 1 0