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
Melilotus albus
Papilionoideae
  • white sweet clover
4 0
Melilotus indica
Papilionoideae
  • Indian sweetclover
  • sourclover
  • trebol de olor común (Spanish)
1 0
Melilotus officinalis
Papilionoideae
  • yellow sweet clover
2 0
Millettia grandis
Papilionoideae
  • umzimbeet
  • omsambeet (Afrikaans)
  • umSimbithwa (Zulu)
1 0
Mimosa acantholoba var. eurycarpa
Caesalpinioideae
small tree
shrub
  • Mexico
1 0
Mimosa albida
Caesalpinioideae
subshrub
climber/vine
perennial herb
  • Northern South America
  • Central America
  • Southern Mexico
1 0
Vachellia tortilis subsp. raddiana
Caesalpinioideae
  • shittam
  • Northern Africa
3 0
Vachellia tortilis
Caesalpinioideae
  • umbrella thorn
  • Southern Africa
  • East Africa
  • West Africa
  • Northern Africa
  • Southwestern Asia
2 0
Mimosa bahamensis
Caesalpinioideae
  • White logwood bush, holdback
small tree
shrub
  • Southeastern Mexico
  • Central America
  • Bahamas
2 0
Vachellia stuhlmannii
Caesalpinioideae
  • vlei thorn
  • East Africa
  • Southern Africa
1 0
Vachellia sieberiana var. woodii
Caesalpinioideae
  • paperbark acacia
  • umbrella thorn
  • mubayamhondoro (Shona)
  • Southern Africa
2 0
Vachellia seyal
Caesalpinioideae
  • shittimwood
  • thirty-thorn
  • whistling tree
  • white thorn
  • talh (Arabic)
  • West Africa
  • East Africa
  • Northern Africa
  • Southwestern Asia
1 0
Mimosa lacerata
Caesalpinioideae
small tree
shrub
  • Central Mexico
  • Southern Mexico
2 0
Vachellia robusta
Caesalpinioideae
  • splendid acacia
  • enkeldoring (Afrikaans)
  • Southern Africa
  • East Africa
1 0
Mimosa martin-delcampoi
Caesalpinioideae
  • bauhinia-leaf mimosa
1 0
Mimosa platycarpa
Caesalpinioideae
small tree
shrub
  • Central America
1 0
Mimosa polyantha
Caesalpinioideae
  • Chacapo, espino
shrub
  • Mexico
1 0
Mimosa xanti
Caesalpinioideae 1 0
Mirbelia dilatata
Papilionoideae 1 0
Vachellia reficiens subsp. reficiens
Caesalpinioideae
  • false umbrella thorn
  • vals haak-en-steek (Afrikaans)
  • Southern Africa
1 0
Mucuna coriacea subsp. iritans
Papilionoideae
  • buffalo bean
  • uriri (Shona)
1 0
Mucuna gigantea subsp. gigantea
Papilionoideae
  • sea bean
2 0
Mucuna macrocarpa
Papilionoideae
  • Rusty-leaf mucuna
1 0
Senna artemisioides subsp. circinata
Caesalpinioideae
  • spring-pod cassia
1 0
Senna artemisioides subsp. coriacea
Caesalpinioideae
  • scented cassia
2 0