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 descending
Senegalia burkei
Caesalpinioideae
  • black monkey thorn
  • swartapiesdoring (Afrikaans)
  • mukaya (Shangaan)
  • Southern Africa
2 0
Senegalia catechu
Caesalpinioideae
  • black cutch
  • catechu
  • khair (Hindi)
  • kachu (Malay)
  • South Asia
1 0
Senegalia chariessa
Caesalpinioideae
  • ulutatau (Ndebele)
  • Southern Africa
1 0
Senegalia mellifera subsp. detinens
Caesalpinioideae
  • hook thorn
  • swaarthaak (Afrikaans)
  • monga (Tswana)
  • monkana (Sotho)
1 0
Senegalia schweinfurthii var. schweinfurthii
Caesalpinioideae
  • river climbing acacia
  • uthathawu (Ndebele)
  • Southern Africa
  • East Africa
1 0
Senegalia senegal var. senegal
Caesalpinioideae
  • gum arabic tree
  • kumbat
  • West Africa
  • East Africa
  • Southern Africa
2 0
Senna alata
Caesalpinioideae
  • emperor's candlestick
  • ringworm cassia
4 0
Senna alexandrina
Caesalpinioideae
  • senna
1 0
Senna aphylla
Caesalpinioideae
  • leafless senna
  • pichanilla (Spanish)
  • escoba (Spanish)
shrub
  • Southern South America
1 0
Senna armata
Caesalpinioideae
  • spiny senna
  • desert senna
5 0
Senna artemisioides subsp. circinata
Caesalpinioideae
  • spring-pod cassia
1 0
Senna artemisioides subsp. coriacea
Caesalpinioideae
  • scented cassia
2 0
Senna artemisioides subsp. hamersleyensis
Caesalpinioideae
  • clay cassia
1 0
Senna italica
Caesalpinioideae
  • dog senna
  • Italian senna
  • isizambane (Ndebele)
1 0
Senna siamea
Caesalpinioideae
  • kassad tree
  • Siamese cassia
2 0
Senna reticulata
Caesalpinioideae
  • laureño (Spanish)
  • maria mole (Portuguese)
4 0
Senna racemosa var. racemosa
Caesalpinioideae 1 0
Senna pleurocarpa
Caesalpinioideae
  • chocolate bush
  • chocolate cassia
  • firebush
  • native senna
1 0
Senna pendula
Caesalpinioideae
  • easter cassia
  • winter senna
2 0
Senna occidentalis
Caesalpinioideae
  • coffee senna
  • stypicweed
  • ejotillo grande (Spanish)
7 0
Senna marilandica
Caesalpinioideae
  • American senna
  • wild senna
2 0
Senna atomaria
Caesalpinioideae
  • palo zorillo (Spanish)
2 0
Senna bauhinioides
Caesalpinioideae
  • bauhinia-leaf senna
3 0
Senna cobanensis
Caesalpinioideae 1 0
Senna artemisioides subsp. zygophylla
Caesalpinioideae
  • narrow-leaf desert cassia
1 0