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Xylia torreana

Xylia torreana
Common names: hairy sand-ash (Eng.); harige sandessenhout (Afr.)
Family: Fabaceae

... Xylia is a small genus of 9 species in the legume family (Fabaceae), with 6 species that occur in Africa south of the ...

24 / 12 / 2018 | Sephatle Evans Molekoa | Lowveld NBG
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Xanthocercis zambesiaca

Xanthocercis zambesiaca
Common names: nyala tree (Eng.); njalaboom, hoenderspoor (Afr.); moladi (Setswana); umhlwati (siSwati); mutshato (Tshivenda)
Family: Fabaceae

17 / 06 / 2019 | Winfred Velephi Ngwenya | Lowveld NBG
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Virgilia

Virgilia divaricata
Common names: blossom tree, amaqua tree (Eng.); keurboom, amakwasboom (Afr.)
Family: Fabaceae

18 / 08 / 2003 | Giles Mbambezeli | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Vigna vexillata var. vexillata

Vigna vexillata var. vexillata
Common names: wild cowpea, narrow-leaved wild sweetpea (Eng.); wilde-akkerboontjie, wilde-ertjie (Afr.); mgcenga (siSwati); isikhwali, ubombo, umcwasibe, umnxwasibe
Family: Fabaceae

21 / 03 / 2022 | Ofentse Mmako | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Vigna unguiculata

Vigna unguiculata
Common names: cowpea, black- eyed pea, southern pea (Eng.); akkerbone, boontjie, koertjie (Afr.); isikhwali, indumba, isihlumaya, umcwasibe (isiZulu); dinawa (Sotho
Family: Fabaceae

... preserving grain quality. Vigna unguiculata belongs to the Fabaceae, a family known for its economic and cultural ... and nitrogen-fixing ability, reducing fertilizer costs. Fabaceae includes trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants, ...

10 / 02 / 2025 | Lungisani Zondi | Walter Sisulu NBG
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Vachellia xanthophloea

Acacia xanthophloea
Common names: Fever tree (English), Koorsboom (Afrikaans), mooka-kwena (Northern Sotho), umHlosinga (Zulu), nkelenga (Tsonga), munzhelenga (Venda).
Family: Fabaceae

... Vachellia xanthophloea  belongs to the pod bearing family Fabaceae. The fever tree is an attractive, semi-deciduous to ...

01 / 04 / 2002 | Andrew Hankey | Walter Sisulu NBG
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Vachellia tortilis

Vachellia tortilis subsp. tortilis tree
Common names: Umbrella thorn (Eng.); haak-en-steek (Afr.); mosu (Tswana)
Family: Fabaceae

16 / 07 / 2012 | Tshilidzi Netshisaulu | Free State NBG
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Vachellia sieberiana var. woodii

Vachellia sieberiana var.woodii
Common names: paperbark thorn (Eng.); papierbasdoring (Afr.); Mphoka (North Sotho); umNganduzi (Siswati); Mokha, Morumosetlha (Tswana); Musaunga (Venda); umKhamba (
Family: Fabaceae

03 / 11 / 2003 | Pitta Joffe | Pretoria NBG
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Vachellia sekhukhuniensis

Vachellia sekhukhuniensis
Common names: Sekhukhune thorn (Eng.), moletla (Sepedi)
Family: Fabaceae

... islands. Thorn trees are members of the legume family, Fabaceae, ranked the third largest family among angiosperms ...

25 / 03 / 2024 | Ntsakisi Masia | Millennium Seed Bank Partnership
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Vachellia robusta subsp. robusta

Vachellia robusta subsp. robusta. Photo Glenice Ebedes
Common names: broadpod robust thorn (Eng.); enkeldoring (Afr.); mooka (Nso.); mvumbangwenya (Tso.); mokhu (Tsw.); muvumba-ngwena (Ven.);umngamanzi (Zul.)
Family: Fabaceae

... robusta .  As with many plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, Vachellia robusta is modulated by nitrogen-fixing ...

14 / 09 / 2015 | Andrew Hankey | Walter Sisulu NBG
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Vachellia nilotica subsp. kraussiana

Pods of Vachellia nilotica subsp kraussiana
Common names: scented-pod acacia ( Eng. ); lekkerruikpeul (Afr.); Mogohlo (Northern Sotho); isiThwetwe, umNcawe (Siswati); Motsha (Tshwana); umNqawe (Zulu) African
Family: Fabaceae

21 / 02 / 2005 | K Behr | Pretoria NBG
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Vachellia kosiensis

Vachellia kosiensis (Geoff Nichols)
Common names: dune thorn (Eng.); duinesoetdoring (Afr.); umunga (Zulu)
Family: Fabaceae

21 / 11 / 2016 | Geoff Nichols | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Vachellia karroo

Flowers of Vachellia karroo
Common names: sweet thorn (English); soetdoring (Afrikaans); mookana (North Sotho); mooka (Tswana); umuNga (Zulu) (Xhosa)
Family: Fabaceae

01 / 01 / 2002 | Alice Aubrey | Walter Sisulu NBG
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Vachellia hebeclada subsp. hebeclada

Vachellia hebeclada foliage
Common names: candle thorn (Eng.); trassiebos (Afr.); mohae (S. Sotho)
Family: Fabaceae

19 / 04 / 2010 | Stemmer Ngalo | Free State NBG
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Vachellia erioloba

Vachellia erioloba
Common names: camel thorn (Eng.); kameeldoring (Afr.)
Family: Fabaceae

26 / 12 / 2005 | Mhlonishwa D Dlamini | Walter Sisulu NBG
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Umtiza listeriana

Umtiza listeriana (Geoff Nichols)
Common names: umtiza (Eng.); umtiza, omtisa (Afr.); umtiza (Xho.)
Family: Fabaceae

... in the Cape Colony. Umtiza belongs in the legume family (Fabaceae) which consists of 650 genera, with 18 000 species ...

25 / 12 / 2017 | Mpendulo Gabayi | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Tylosema esculentum

Tylosema esculentum
Common names: gemsbok bean, marama bean, camel’s foot (Eng.); braaiboontjie, gemsbokboontjie, kastaingboontjie (Afr.)
Family: Fabaceae

28 / 02 / 2022 | Thembeka Malwane | Millennium Seed Bank Partnership
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Trifolium africanum

Trifolium africanum (Mervyn Lotter)
Common names: erasmus clover, wild clover (Eng.); wildeklawer (Afr.); mmusapelo, moroko, musapelo, mokopshwe, mootsapelo, moqoiqoi, moqophi, (Sesotho)
Family: Fabaceae

26 / 03 / 2018 | Marianne le Roux | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Tephrosia zoutpansbergensis

Tephrosia zoutpansbergensis
Common names: Soutpansberg poison pea (Eng.); Soutpansberg-gifertjie (Afr.); murumbulashedo (Tshivenda)
Family: Fabaceae

... flowers. These flowers, which are characteristic of the Fabaceae family, are borne in racemes at the tips of the ... first documented. Tephrosia is a diverse genus within the Fabaceae (legume family), comprising about 400 species ... capabilities and medicinal applications. The Fabaceae is one of the largest families of flowering plants ...

24 / 03 / 2025 | Mpho Mathalauga | Pretoria NBG
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Tephrosia pondoensis

Tephrosia pondoensis (Geoff Nichols)
Common names: Pondo poison-pea (Eng.); pondogifertjie, basterkurkbos (Afr.)
Family: Fabaceae

... pondoensis , to its current name. Tephrosia belongs in the Fabaceae, a cosmopolitan family which is only absent in ...

05 / 11 / 2018 | Mpendulo Gabayi | Kirstenbosch NBG
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