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 chariessa
Caesalpinioideae
  • ulutatau (Ndebele)
  • Southern Africa
1 0
Senegalia catechu
Caesalpinioideae
  • black cutch
  • catechu
  • khair (Hindi)
  • kachu (Malay)
  • South Asia
1 0
Senegalia brevispica
Caesalpinioideae
  • prickly thorn
small tree
shrub
  • East Africa
  • Southern Africa
1 1
Senegalia bonariensis
Caesalpinioideae
  • napinday (Spanish)
  • uña de gato (Spanish)
  • East-Central South America
1 1
Scorpiurus muricatus
Papilionoideae
  • prickly scorpion's-tail
1 0
Schotia latifolia
Detarioideae
  • bush boer-bean
  • bosboerboon (Afrikaans)
1 0
Schotia brachypetala
Detarioideae
  • weeping boer-bean
  • fuchsia tree
  • weeping schotia
  • huilboerboon (Afrikaans)
  • mutondochuru (Shona)
1 1
Schotia afra var. angustifolia
Detarioideae
  • small-leaved Karoo boer-bean
  • fynblaar-boerboon (Afrikaans)
1 0
Mirbelia pungens
Papilionoideae
  • prickly pea bush
1 1
Mariosousa willardiana
Caesalpinioideae
  • palo blanco
  • Southwestern North America
1 1
Medicago lupulina
Papilionoideae
  • black medick
  • hop-clover
  • nonesuch
1 0
Medicago sativa
Papilionoideae
  • alfalfa
1 0
Melilotus indica
Papilionoideae
  • Indian sweetclover
  • sourclover
  • trebol de olor común (Spanish)
1 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
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 pudica
Caesalpinioideae
  • sensitive plant
1 1
Mimosa xanti
Caesalpinioideae 1 0
Mirbelia dilatata
Papilionoideae 1 0
Ormocarpum kirkii
Papilionoideae
  • small caterpillar pod
  • basterruspurboontjie (Afrikaans)
1 0
Ormocarpum trichocarpum
Papilionoideae
  • caterpillar pod
  • kapurupuru (Shona)
1 0
Ormosia calavensis
Papilionoideae
  • necklace tree
1 0