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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 Accessions No. Living Accessionssort ascending
Erythrophleum africanum
Caesalpinioideae
  • ordeal tree
  • mushati (Shona)
  • umbako (Ndebele)
1 1
Ateleia gummifera
Papilionoideae 2 1
Senegalia ataxacantha
Caesalpinioideae
  • flamethorn
  • mukakanyuro (Shona)
  • uthathawu (Ndebele)
  • umbambangwe (Ndebele)
  • West Africa
  • Southern Africa
  • East Africa
2 1
Baphia massaiensis subsp. obovata
Papilionoideae
  • jasmine pea
  • sand camwood
  • umbondo (Ndebele)
1 1
Coulteria platyloba
Caesalpinioideae
  • palo colorado (Spanish)
6 1
Denisophytum sessilifolium
Caesalpinioideae 1 1
Prosopis tamarugo
Caesalpinioideae
  • tamarugo
4 1
Cercis griffithii
Cercidoideae
  • Griffith redbud
1 1
Cercis orbiculata
Cercidoideae
  • western redbud
3 1
Prosopis pubescens
Caesalpinioideae
  • screwbean mesquite
  • tornillo (Spanish)
7 1
Dalea wrightii
Papilionoideae
  • Wright's prairie clover
2 1
Chamaecrista desvauxii var. glauca
Caesalpinioideae 1 1
Prosopis koelziana
Caesalpinioideae
  • ghaf
  • shibhan
2 1
Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa
Caesalpinioideae
  • Texas honey mesquite
6 1
Abrus schimperi subsp. africanus
Papilionoideae
  • woody rosary pea
shrub
climber/vine
  • East Africa
  • Southern Africa
  • Southern Asia
1 1
Prosopis cineraria
Caesalpinioideae
  • ghaf
  • kejari
2 1
Prosopidastrum globosum
Caesalpinioideae
  • caballo de diablo (Spanish)
  • candeloro (Spanish)
2 1
Chloroleucon mangense var. leucospermum
Caesalpinioideae
  • palo pinto
  • palo fierro
1 1
Clitoria mariana
Papilionoideae
  • butterfly pea
6 1
Colophospermum mopane
Detarioideae
  • mopane
  • mupani (Shona)
  • iphane (Ndebele)
4 1
Colutea arborescens subsp. arborescens
Papilionoideae
  • bladder senna
1 1
Dalea pulchra
Papilionoideae
  • indigo bush
2 1
Mimosa malacophylla
Caesalpinioideae
  • vine mimosa
  • raspa huevos (Spanish)
  • raspilla (Spanish)
shrub
climber/vine
  • Southwestern North America
3 1
Conzattia multiflora
Caesalpinioideae
  • palo joso
2 1
Parkinsonia africana
Caesalpinioideae
  • wild green-hair tree
  • wildegroenhaarboom (Afrikaans)
1 1