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
Peltophorum pterocarpum
Caesalpinioideae
  • yellow poinciana
  • yellow flame
 4 0
Phaseolus acutifolius
Papilionoideae
  • tepary bean
 4 0
Pithecellobium dulce
Caesalpinioideae
  • camachile
  • guamúchil (Spanish)
  • kamachile (Tagalog)
 4 0
Prosopis laevigata
Caesalpinioideae
  • mesquite
 4 2
Prosopis nigra
Caesalpinioideae
  • algarrobo negro (Spanish)
 4 0
Prosopis tamarugo
Caesalpinioideae
  • tamarugo
 4 1
Pterocarpus indicus
Papilionoideae
  • red sandalwood
  • Burmese rosewood
 4 0
Rhynchosia pyramidalis
Papilionoideae
  • rosary bean
shrub
climber/vine
  • Southern North America
  • Central America
  • Caribbean
  • Northwestern South America
4 0
Senna alata
Caesalpinioideae
  • emperor's candlestick
  • ringworm cassia
 4 0
Senna corymbosa
Caesalpinioideae
  • flowering senna
  • autumn senna
small tree
shrub
  • Southcentral South America
4 2
Senna pleurocarpa var. pleurocarpa
Caesalpinioideae
  • chocolate bush
  • chocolate cassia
  • firebush
  • native senna
 4 2
Senna reticulata
Caesalpinioideae
  • laureño (Spanish)
  • maria mole (Portuguese)
 4 0
Senna surattensis
Caesalpinioideae
  • golden senna
  • glossy shower
  • scrambled egg tree
 4 0
Sophora chrysophylla
Papilionoideae
  • mamane (Hawaiian)
  • Hawaii (endemic)
4 0
Vachellia cornigera
Caesalpinioideae
  • bullhorn acacia
  • swollen-thorn acacia
  • Central America
  • Southern North America
4 0
Vachellia erioloba
Caesalpinioideae
  • giraffe thorn
  • camel thorn
  • umohlo (Ndebele)
  • mogoto (Tswana)
  • Southern Africa
4 1
Vachellia hebeclada subsp. hebeclada
Caesalpinioideae
  • candle-pod acacia
  • mouse bush
  • mohae (Sotho)
  • mosko (Tswana)
  • Southern Africa
4 3
Vachellia rehmanniana
Caesalpinioideae
  • silky acacia
  • sydoring (Afrikaans)
  • Iphucla (Ndebele)
  • Southern Africa
4 1
Vachellia sieberiana
Caesalpinioideae
  • paperbark acacia
  • umbrella thorn
  • sandanduur (Wolof)
  • West Africa
  • East Africa
  • Southern Africa
4 1
Abrus precatorius
Papilionoideae
  • lucky bean
  • snake eye
  • minimini (Shona)
  • umabophe (Ndebele)
shrub
climber/vine
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Southern Asia
  • Northern Australia
5 0
Acacia brachystachya
Caesalpinioideae
  • umbrella mulga
  • turpentine mulga
tree
  • Australia
5 2
Adenanthera pavonina
Caesalpinioideae
  • red sandalwood
  • false sandalwood
  • jumbie bead
 5 0
Astragalus layneae
Papilionoideae
  • Layne milk-vetch
 5 0
Astragalus lentiginosus var. australis
Papilionoideae
  • southern freckled milk-vetch
 5 0
Cassia fistula
Caesalpinioideae
  • golden shower tree
 5 0

Taxa Found: 1281