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
Bauhinia reticulata
Cercidoideae
  • ngigis busew (Wolof)
1 1
Schotia afra var. afra
Detarioideae
  • Karoo boer-bean
1 1
Errazurizia megacarpa
Papilionoideae 2 1
Bauhinia tomentosa
Cercidoideae
  • yellow tree bauhinia
  • mupondopondo (Tonga)
  • chisinze (Shangaan)
4 1
Robinia pseudoacacia
Papilionoideae
  • black locust
9 1
Enterolobium cyclocarpum
Caesalpinioideae
  • guanacaste
  • ape's ear
6 1
Entada chrysostachys
Caesalpinioideae 1 1
Entada abyssinica
Caesalpinioideae
  • tree entada
1 1
Ebenopsis ebano
Caesalpinioideae
  • Texas ebony
  • ébano
12 1
Brongniartia alamosana
Papilionoideae
  • Alamos pea tree
  • vara prieta (Spanish)
2 1
Dorycnium hirsutum
Papilionoideae
  • hairy canary clover
2 1
Macroptilium supinum
Papilionoideae
  • supine bean
2 1
Pterocarpus lucens
Papilionoideae 1 1
Desmanthus bicornutus
Caesalpinioideae
  • two-horn bundleflower
2 1
Pseudarthria hookeri
Papilionoideae
  • bug-catcher
  • velvet bean
  • rutapatsikidzi (Shona)
  • nyakatohwa (Shona)
2 1
Ceratonia siliqua
Caesalpinioideae
  • carob
  • St. John's bread
5 1
Desmanthus cooleyi
Caesalpinioideae
  • Cooley's bundleflower
8 1
Cassia sieberiana
Caesalpinioideae
  • senjen (Wolof)
1 1
Desmanthus fruticosus
Caesalpinioideae
  • bundleflower
3 1
Cassia abbreviata
Caesalpinioideae
  • long-tail cassia
  • sjambok pod
  • sjambokpeul
  • muremberembe (Shona)
  • isihaqa (Ndebele)
2 1
Desmanthus velutinus
Caesalpinioideae
  • velvet bundleflower
7 1
Desmodium batocaulon
Papilionoideae
  • San Pedro ticktrefoil
  • tick clover
11 1
Calicotome villosa
Papilionoideae
  • spiny broom
2 1
Calliandra californica
Caesalpinioideae
  • Baja California fairy duster
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
3 1
Mariosousa coulteri
Caesalpinioideae
  • Coulter acacia
  • Southern North America
2 1