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 pyrifolia
Caesalpinioideae
  • kanji bush
3 2
Piscidia mollis
Papilionoideae
  • fish poison tree
  • palo blanco
3 2
Mundulea sericea
Papilionoideae
  • mundulea
  • cork bush
  • mupumhamhene (Shona)
  • umsindandlovu (Ndebele)
2 2
Senna roemeriana
Caesalpinioideae
  • two-leaf senna
perennial herb
  • Southwestern North America
5 2
Harpalyce arborescens
Papilionoideae 1 2
Sophora tomentosa
Papilionoideae
  • seacoast laburnum
  • yellow sophora
  • silverbush
2 2
Acacia trineura
Caesalpinioideae
  • hindmarsh wattle
  • three-nerved wattle
2 2
Acacia adsurgens
Caesalpinioideae
  • whipstick wattle
shrub
  • Australia
1 2
Vachellia caven
Caesalpinioideae
  • espino (Spanish)
  • espino caven (Spanish)
  • espinillo (Spanish)
  • churqui (Spanish)
  • aromito (Spanish)
  • South-Central South America
13 2
Xanthocercis zambesiaca
Papilionoideae
  • nyala tree
  • muchetuchetu (Shona)
  • muhlati (Shangaan)
1 2
Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana
Caesalpinioideae
  • western honey mesquite
7 2
Albizia sinaloensis
Caesalpinioideae
  • silk tree
  • palo joso (Spanish)
  • Southwestern North America
3 2
Mimosa quadrivalvis var. latidens
Caesalpinioideae
  • sensitive briar
3 2
Senegalia galpinii
Caesalpinioideae
  • monkey thorn
  • apiesdoring (Afrikaans)
  • mokala (Tswana)
  • Southern Africa
3 2
Acacia mucronata
Caesalpinioideae
  • variable sallow wattle
  • narrow-leaved wattle
1 2
Prosopis velutina
Caesalpinioideae
  • velvet mesquite
14 2
Parkinsonia florida subsp. florida
Caesalpinioideae
  • blue palo verde
16 2
Acacia uncinata var. humilis
Caesalpinioideae
  • gold-dust wattle
shrub
  • Southeastern Australia
1 2
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Caesalpinioideae
  • red bird-of-paradise
  • tavachín (Spanish)
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
  • Caribbean
10 2
Vachellia amythethophylla
Caesalpinioideae
  • large-leaved acacia
  • chitatsunga (Shona)
  • West Africa
  • East Africa
  • Central Africa
1 2
Tephrosia purpurea
Papilionoideae
  • fish poison
  • wild indigo
2 2
Calliandra eriophylla
Caesalpinioideae
  • fairy duster
  • false mesquite
shrub
subshrub
  • Southwestern North America
11 2
Vachellia constricta
Caesalpinioideae
  • whitethorn acacia
  • vinorama (Spanish)
  • garabato (Spanish)
shrub
small tree
  • Southwestern North America
16 2
Mariosousa millefolia
Caesalpinioideae
  • Santa Rita acacia
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
3 2
Albizia brevifolia
Caesalpinioideae
  • mountain albizia
  • Africa
2 2