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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
Pseudarthria hookeri
Papilionoideae
  • bug-catcher
  • velvet bean
  • rutapatsikidzi (Shona)
  • nyakatohwa (Shona)
2 1
Acacia gladiiformis
Caesalpinioideae
  • sword wattle
2 1
Prosopis reptans var. cinerascens
Caesalpinioideae
  • dwarf screwbean
subshrub
  • Southwestern North America
2 2
Bauhinia thonningii
Cercidoideae
  • monkeybread
  • mutukutu (Shona)
  • musekesa (Shona)
  • ihabahaba (Ndebele)
2 2
Bauhinia variegata
Cercidoideae
  • orchid tree
  • purple orchid tree
2 0
Prosopis koelziana
Caesalpinioideae
  • ghaf
  • shibhan
2 1
Bolusanthus speciosus
Papilionoideae
  • tree wisteria
  • mupaka (Shona)
  • impaca (Ndebele)
2 2
Acacia georginae
Caesalpinioideae
  • Georgina gidgee
  • gidyea
2 0
Prosopis cineraria
Caesalpinioideae
  • ghaf
  • kejari
2 1
Brongniartia alamosana
Papilionoideae
  • Alamos pea tree
  • vara prieta (Spanish)
2 1
Vachellia davyi
Caesalpinioideae
  • cork-bark acacia
  • kurkdoring (Afrikaans)
  • Southern Africa
2 1
Galactia striata
Papilionoideae
  • Florida hammock milkpea
2 1
Caesalpinia pulcherrima var. flava
Caesalpinioideae
  • yellow bird-of-paradise
  • tavachín (Spanish)
2 0
Lupinus succulentus
Papilionoideae
  • hollowleaf annual lupin
2 0
Prosopidastrum globosum
Caesalpinioideae
  • caballo de diablo (Spanish)
  • candeloro (Spanish)
2 1
Calicotome villosa
Papilionoideae
  • spiny broom
2 1
Vigna frutescens
Papilionoideae
  • trailing fire pea
  • karumanyemba (Shona)
2 0
Calliandra humilis var. humilis
Caesalpinioideae
  • fairy duster
  • false mesquite
  • dwarf stickpea
2 0
Acacia extensa
Caesalpinioideae
  • wiry wattle
2 1
Acacia boormanii
Caesalpinioideae
  • Snowy River wattle
2 1
Canavalia ensiformis
Papilionoideae
  • jack bean
  • fanta fanta (Wolof)
2 0
Cassia abbreviata
Caesalpinioideae
  • long-tail cassia
  • sjambok pod
  • sjambokpeul
  • muremberembe (Shona)
  • isihaqa (Ndebele)
2 1
Phaseolus scabrellus
Papilionoideae
  • silverspot lima bean
  • wild bean
2 0
Phaseolus maculatus
Papilionoideae
  • wild bean
  • Metcalfe bean
2 0
Vachellia tortilis subsp. heteracantha
Caesalpinioideae
  • umbrella thorn
  • umsasane (Zulu)
  • mushu (Sotho)
  • moshu (Tswana)
  • Southern Africa
2 1