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 Accessionssort descending No. Living Accessions
Ceratonia siliqua
Caesalpinioideae
  • carob
  • St. John's bread
5 1
Clitoria ternatea
Papilionoideae
  • Asian pigeonwings
  • bluepea
5 0
Coursetia glandulosa
Papilionoideae
  • baby bonnets
  • samo prieto (Spanish)
small tree
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
5 2
Dalea candida var. oligophylla
Papilionoideae
  • white prairie clover
5 0
Desmodium arizonicum
Papilionoideae
  • Arizona ticktrefoil
5 0
Haematoxylum brasiletto
Caesalpinioideae
  • brazilwood
  • Brasil
5 1
Lotus cruentus
Papilionoideae
  • red bird's-foot trefoil
  • red-flower lotus
5 0
Lupinus arizonicus
Papilionoideae
  • Arizona lupin
5 0
Macroptilium gibbosifolium
Papilionoideae
  • variableleaf bushbean
5 0
Phaseolus acutifolius var. acutifolius
Papilionoideae
  • tepary bean
5 0
Phaseolus acutifolius var. tenuifolius
Papilionoideae
  • tepary bean
5 0
Phaseolus ritensis
Papilionoideae
  • eggleaf stringbean
  • frijol del monte (Spanish)
5 0
Psoralidium tenuiflorum
Papilionoideae
  • scurvy pea
  • slimflower scurfpea
5 0
Psorothamnus spinosus
Papilionoideae
  • desert smoke tree
small tree
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
5 3
Rhynchosia minima
Papilionoideae
  • least snoutbean
  • rhynco
5 0
Senegalia occidentalis
Caesalpinioideae
  • Sonoran tree catclaw
  • teso (Spanish)
  • Southwestern North America
5 1
Senna armata
Caesalpinioideae
  • spiny senna
  • desert senna
5 0
Senna obtusifolia
Caesalpinioideae
  • sickle-pod
  • coffeeweed
  • mboom (Wolof)
  • ndour (Wolof)
5 1
Senna roemeriana
Caesalpinioideae
  • two-leaf senna
perennial herb
  • Southwestern North America
5 2
Sutherlandia frutescens
Papilionoideae
  • balloon pea
  • cancer bush
  • turkey bush
5 1
Vachellia nilotica subsp. kraussiana
Caesalpinioideae
  • scented-pod acacia
  • mubayamhondoro (Shona)
  • isangawe (Ndebele)
  • Southern Africa
  • East Africa
5 1
Vachellia pennatula var. pennatula
Caesalpinioideae
  • feather acacia
  • algarrobo (Spanish)
  • Southern North America
  • Central America
  • Northern South America
5 2
Acacia aneura
Caesalpinioideae
  • mulga
small tree
shrub
  • Australia
6 1
Acacia craspedocarpa
Caesalpinioideae
  • leather-leaf acacia
  • hop mulga
  • broad-leaved mulga
shrub
  • Australia
6 2
Acacia tetragonophylla
Caesalpinioideae
  • dead-finish
  • kurara
6 3