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 ascending No. Living Accessions
Coulteria platyloba
Caesalpinioideae
  • palo colorado (Spanish)
6 1
Nissolia schottii
Papilionoideae
  • nissolia
  • Schott yellowhood
climber/vine
  • Southwestern North America
6 2
Mimosa distachya var. laxiflora
Caesalpinioideae
  • gatuña (Spanish)
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
6 2
Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa
Caesalpinioideae
  • Texas honey mesquite
6 1
Delonix regia
Caesalpinioideae
  • royal poinciana
  • flamboyant tree
  • nete tubaab (Wolof)
6 0
Acacia craspedocarpa
Caesalpinioideae
  • leather-leaf acacia
  • hop mulga
  • broad-leaved mulga
shrub
  • Australia
6 2
Medicago arborea
Papilionoideae
  • tree alfalfa
6 2
Astragalus wootonii
Papilionoideae
  • Wooton loco
6 0
Desmodium neomexicanum
Papilionoideae
  • New Mexico ticktrefoil
6 0
Adenanthera pavonina
Caesalpinioideae
  • red sandalwood
  • false sandalwood
  • jumbie bead
5 0
Sutherlandia frutescens
Papilionoideae
  • balloon pea
  • cancer bush
  • turkey bush
5 1
Phaseolus acutifolius var. acutifolius
Papilionoideae
  • tepary bean
5 0
Phaseolus acutifolius var. tenuifolius
Papilionoideae
  • tepary bean
5 0
Ceratonia siliqua
Caesalpinioideae
  • carob
  • St. John's bread
5 1
Phaseolus ritensis
Papilionoideae
  • eggleaf stringbean
  • frijol del monte (Spanish)
5 0
Senna roemeriana
Caesalpinioideae
  • two-leaf senna
perennial herb
  • Southwestern North America
5 2
Lotus cruentus
Papilionoideae
  • red bird's-foot trefoil
  • red-flower lotus
5 0
Cassia fistula
Caesalpinioideae
  • golden shower tree
5 0
Lupinus arizonicus
Papilionoideae
  • Arizona lupin
5 0
Clitoria ternatea
Papilionoideae
  • Asian pigeonwings
  • bluepea
5 0
Senna obtusifolia
Caesalpinioideae
  • sickle-pod
  • coffeeweed
  • mboom (Wolof)
  • ndour (Wolof)
5 1
Psoralidium tenuiflorum
Papilionoideae
  • scurvy pea
  • slimflower scurfpea
5 0
Senegalia occidentalis
Caesalpinioideae
  • Sonoran tree catclaw
  • teso (Spanish)
  • Southwestern North America
5 1
Abrus precatorius
Papilionoideae
  • lucky bean
  • snake eye
  • minimini (Shona)
  • umabophe (Ndebele)
shrub
climber/vine
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Southern Asia
  • Northern Australia
5 0
Dalea candida var. oligophylla
Papilionoideae
  • white prairie clover
5 0