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Rhynchosia adenodes

Rhynchosia adenodes (Christeen Grant)
Common names: monyamadi (Sesotho); ungazini (isiZulu)
Family: Fabaceae

05 / 03 / 2018 | M.S. Mothogoane | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Neorautanenia ficifolia

Neorautanenia ficifolia
Common names: fig-leaf trailing pea (Eng.); blou-ertjie, wilde-pronkertjie (Afr.)
Family: Fabaceae

19 / 02 / 2018 | Tandiwe Nkonki | National Herbarium Pretoria
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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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Albizia suluensis

Albizia suluensis (Geoff Nichols)
Common names: Zulu false-thorn, Zulu albizia (Eng.); zuluvalsdoring (Afr.); ingwebu-enkulu, ungwebo omkulu, unyazangoma (Zulu)
Family: Fabaceae

06 / 11 / 2017 | Tlou Moloto | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Elephantorrhiza burkei

Elephantorrhiza burkei (Geoff Nichols)
Common names: elephant-root, sumach bean (Eng.); basboontjie, basbos (Afr.) lesitsane (Northern Sotho); mositsane, mosidi, mosidi-godimo, mosidi-mogolo (Tswana), ts
Family: Fabaceae

18 / 09 / 2017 | Benjamin Festus | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Rhynchosia caribaea

Rhynchosia caribaea (Geoff Nichols)
Common names: snoutbean (Eng.); rankboontjie (Afr.); monya-mali, monyamadi, morara wa iphepha, morarana-oa-liphepa, thara (Sesotho); isihlahlasenqomfi (isiZulu)
Family: Fabaceae

11 / 09 / 2017 | M.S. Mothogoane | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Otholobium fruticans

Otholobium fruticans
Common names: Cape Town pea, roundhead otholobium
Family: Fabaceae

... is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, with 53 species in southern and East Africa. ...

21 / 08 / 2017 | Sisanda Alakhe Velembo-Mhlauli | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Albizia tanganyicensis subsp. tanganyicensis

Albizia tanganyicensis subsp. tanganyicensis
Common names: paperbark false-thorn, paperbark albizia, sneezewood (Eng.); papierbasvalsdoring (Afr.); ugudha-mfeni (isiXhosa); mulelu, munungufhefhe (Tshivenda)
Family: Fabaceae

... well as shrubs in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae and represents about 150 species. Albizia was named ...

10 / 07 / 2017 | Benjamin Festus | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Liparia parva

Liparia parva
Common names: small mountain dahlia, yellow nodding-head (Eng.); kleinbergdahlia, kleingeelkoppie (Afr.)
Family: Fabaceae

... first glance. It is, however, part of the pea or legume (Fabaceae) family and has a pea like flower, with upper lobes ... parva is unique in being the first species in the family Fabaceae found to be pollinated by non-flying mammals or ... be a possible example of mimicry between Proteaceae and Fabaceae occurring in fynbos. Scott-Elliot (1890) suggested ...

26 / 06 / 2017 | Anthony Hitchcock | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Indigofera langebergensis

Indigofera langebergensis
Common names: Langeberg indigo (Eng.); Langebergseverfbos (Afr.)
Family: Fabaceae

... at the base. Indigofera For most members of the Fabaceae, propagation by seed is the best method and ...

15 / 05 / 2017 | Sisanda Alakhe Velembo-Mhlauli | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Caesalpinia bracteata

Caesalpinia bracteata
Common names: Gariep plume-flower (Eng.); Gariep pronkstert (Afr.)
Family: Fabaceae

30 / 01 / 2017 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Entada rheedii

Entada rheedii has fragrant flowers in spikes up to 230mm long (Photo Geoff Nichols)
Common names: giant sea bean, African dream herb, snuff box (Eng.); reuseseeboontjie, seeboontjie, boonbobbejaantou (Afr.); inkwindi, intindile, umbhone (isiZulu)
Family: Fabaceae

09 / 01 / 2017 | Lerato Hoveka | National Herbarium Pretoria
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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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Polhillia ignota

Polhillia ignota
Common names: due to the rarity of this species, there are no common names recorded for it.
Family: Fabaceae

14 / 11 / 2016 | Ismail Ebrahim | CREW
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Indigofera flabellata

Indigofera flabellata (Adriaan Grobler)
Common names: fan-leaf indigofera
Family: Fabaceae

03 / 10 / 2016 | Tandiwe Nkonki | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Argyrolobium tomentosum

Argyrolobium tomentosum
Common names: velvety yellow bush pea (Eng.); umadlozana, umlomomnandi (isiZulu)
Family: Fabaceae

19 / 09 / 2016 | Bulannga Mufhati | Lowveld NBG
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Cyclopia meyeriana

Cyclopia meyeriana
Common names: Meyer honeybush tea (Eng.); woltee, heuningtee (Afr.)
Family: Fabaceae

... of 20 species of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is widely known as honeybush, an indigenous ...

23 / 05 / 2016 | Nomama Mei | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Clitoria ternatea var. ternatea

Clitoria ternatea var. ternatea (Geoff Nichols)
Common names: butterfly pea, blue pea, kordofan pea, cordofan pea, asian pigeon-wings
Family: Fabaceae

23 / 05 / 2016 | Tandiwe Nkonki | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Senegalia burkei

Senegalia burkei (Alex Dreyer)
Common names: black monkey-thorn (Eng.); swartapiesdoring (Afr.); umkhaya wehlalahlathi, umbabampala (isiZulu); umkhaya (siSwati); mokgwa, mokoba (Setswana); mokwar
Family: Fabaceae

21 / 03 / 2016 | Thobile Mlaba | KwaZulu-Natal NBG
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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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