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 Subfamilysort descending Common name(s) Growth Form Native Geographic Range No. Seed Accessions No. Living Accessions
Vachellia nilotica
Caesalpinioideae
  • scented-pod acacia
  • Egyptian thorn
  • West Africa
  • East Africa
  • Southern Africa
  • Northern Africa
  • Southwestern Asia
  • South Asia
1 1
Vachellia nebrownii
Caesalpinioideae
  • water acacia
  • lerura (Tswana)
  • lerwana (Tswana)
small tree
shrub
  • Southern Africa
2 3
Vachellia luederitzii var. luederitzii
Caesalpinioideae
  • Kalahari sand acacia
  • mokgwelekgwele (Tswana)
  • Southern Africa
2 1
Vachellia kirkii
Caesalpinioideae
  • flood-plain acacia
  • vloedvlaktedoring (Afrikaans)
  • East Africa
  • Southern Africa
1 1
Vachellia karroo
Caesalpinioideae
  • sweet thorn
  • Karoo thorn
  • soetdoring (Afrikaans)
  • umunga (Zulu)
  • isinga (Ndebele)
  • Southern Africa
7 2
Vachellia hebeclada subsp. tristis
Caesalpinioideae
  • weeping candle-pod acacia
  • candle thorn
  • Southern Africa
1 0
Vachellia hebeclada subsp. hebeclada
Caesalpinioideae
  • candle-pod acacia
  • mouse bush
  • mohae (Sotho)
  • mosko (Tswana)
  • Southern Africa
4 3
Vachellia hebeclada subsp. chobiensis
Caesalpinioideae
  • river candle-pod acacia
  • Southern Africa
1 0
Vachellia haematoxylon
Caesalpinioideae
  • gray camel-thorn
  • vaalkameeldoring (Afrikaans)
  • Southern Africa
2 0
Vachellia grandicornuta
Caesalpinioideae
  • Horned-thorn
  • Horingdoring (Afrikaans)
  • Southern Africa
1 1
Vachellia gerrardii subsp. gerrardii
Caesalpinioideae
  • red thorn
  • gray-haired acacia
  • rooidoring (Afrikaans)
  • isiPhuze (Zulu)
  • Southern Africa
  • East Africa
3 0
Senna siamea
Caesalpinioideae
  • kassad tree
  • Siamese cassia
2 0
Senna wislizeni
Caesalpinioideae
  • shrubby senna
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
6 3
Senna versicolor
Caesalpinioideae 2 1
Senna uniflora
Caesalpinioideae
perennial herb
annual
  • South America
  • Central America
  • Mexico
  • Caribbean Region
1 0
Senna undulata
Caesalpinioideae 1 0
Senna surattensis
Caesalpinioideae
  • golden senna
  • glossy shower
  • scrambled egg tree
4 0
Senna sophera
Caesalpinioideae
  • algarobilla (Spanish)
2 1
Senna skinneri
Caesalpinioideae 1 0
Senna singueana
Caesalpinioideae
  • winter cassia
1 0
Senna pleurocarpa var. angustifolia
Caesalpinioideae
  • narrow-leaf native senna
3 1
Senna polyantha
Caesalpinioideae
  • Baja senna
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
3 1
Senna pleurocarpa var. pleurocarpa
Caesalpinioideae
  • chocolate bush
  • chocolate cassia
  • firebush
  • native senna
4 2
Senna purpusii
Caesalpinioideae
  • Baja purple senna
1 1
Senna pleurocarpa
Caesalpinioideae
  • chocolate bush
  • chocolate cassia
  • firebush
  • native senna
1 0