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
Senegalia polyphylla
Caesalpinioideae
  • white-tamarind
  • guarucaia (Portuguese)
  • cari-cari (Spanish)
  • Eastern South America
  • North-Central South America
  • Central America
  • Southern North America
1 1
Schotia afra var. angustifolia
Detarioideae
  • small-leaved Karoo boer-bean
  • fynblaar-boerboon (Afrikaans)
1 0
Schotia brachypetala
Detarioideae
  • weeping boer-bean
  • fuchsia tree
  • weeping schotia
  • huilboerboon (Afrikaans)
  • mutondochuru (Shona)
1 1
Schotia latifolia
Detarioideae
  • bush boer-bean
  • bosboerboon (Afrikaans)
1 0
Scorpiurus muricatus
Papilionoideae
  • prickly scorpion's-tail
1 0
Senegalia bonariensis
Caesalpinioideae
  • napinday (Spanish)
  • uña de gato (Spanish)
  • East-Central South America
1 1
Senegalia brevispica
Caesalpinioideae
  • prickly thorn
small tree
shrub
  • East Africa
  • Southern Africa
1 1
Senegalia catechu
Caesalpinioideae
  • black cutch
  • catechu
  • khair (Hindi)
  • kachu (Malay)
  • South Asia
1 0
Senegalia chariessa
Caesalpinioideae
  • ulutatau (Ndebele)
  • Southern Africa
1 0
Senegalia crassifolia
Caesalpinioideae
  • bauhinia-leaf acacia
  • Southern North America
1 1
Senegalia eriocarpa
Caesalpinioideae
  • wooly-podded acacia
  • Southern Africa
1 1
Senegalia goetzei subsp. goetzei
Caesalpinioideae
  • purple-pod acacia
  • East Africa
  • Central Africa
1 1
Senegalia mellifera subsp. detinens
Caesalpinioideae
  • hook thorn
  • swaarthaak (Afrikaans)
  • monga (Tswana)
  • monkana (Sotho)
1 0
Senegalia montis-usti
Caesalpinioideae
  • Brandberg acacia
  • brandbergdoring (Afrikaans)
  • Southern Africa
1 1
Senna artemisioides subsp. zygophylla
Caesalpinioideae
  • narrow-leaf desert cassia
1 0
Senna italica
Caesalpinioideae
  • dog senna
  • Italian senna
  • isizambane (Ndebele)
1 0
Senna glutinosa subsp. × leurssenii
Caesalpinioideae
  • dainty senna
1 0
Senna glutinosa subsp. pruinosa
Caesalpinioideae
  • white cassia
1 0
Senna cobanensis
Caesalpinioideae 1 0
Senna birostris var. arequipensis
Caesalpinioideae 1 2
Senna barclayana
Caesalpinioideae
  • pepper-leaf senna
  • smooth senna
1 1
Senna alexandrina
Caesalpinioideae
  • senna
1 0
Senna aphylla
Caesalpinioideae
  • leafless senna
  • pichanilla (Spanish)
  • escoba (Spanish)
shrub
  • Southern South America
1 0
Senna artemisioides subsp. circinata
Caesalpinioideae
  • spring-pod cassia
1 0
Senegalia schweinfurthii var. schweinfurthii
Caesalpinioideae
  • river climbing acacia
  • uthathawu (Ndebele)
  • Southern Africa
  • East Africa
1 0