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Bauhinia petersiana subsp. macrantha

Common names: Kalahari bauhinia, Kalahari camel’s foot, coffee neat's foot (Eng.); kalaharibauhinia, kalaharibeesklou, koffiebeesklou (Afr.); motsantsa, mogotswe

Family: Fabaceae

17 / 09 / 2018 | Benjamin Festus | Kirstenbosch NBG

Argyrolobium angustissimum

Common names: Paarl Fire Pea

Family: Fabaceae

27 / 08 / 2018 | Randall Josephs | Compton Herbarium

Dalbergia armata

Common names: thorny-rope, flat-bean, Hluhluwe climber (Eng.); doringtou (Afr.); umhluhluwe, uthathawe (isiZulu); omqokolo, ubobo, umzungulu (isiXhosa); sehlokootsw

Family: Fabaceae

... is large genus of trees, climbers and shrubs from the Fabaceae family. It has a wide distribution across many ...

04 / 06 / 2018 | Sisanda Alakhe Velembo-Mhlauli | Kirstenbosch NBG

Rhynchosia hirta

Common names: blue-seeded snoutbean, hairy snoutbean (Eng.); imbelekisani, iyezalesisu (Xho.)

Family: Fabaceae

23 / 04 / 2018 | Thulisile P. Jaca | National Herbarium Pretoria

Trifolium africanum

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

Rhynchosia adenodes

Common names: monyamadi (Sesotho); ungazini (isiZulu)

Family: Fabaceae

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

Neorautanenia ficifolia

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

Family: Fabaceae

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

Umtiza listeriana

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

Albizia suluensis

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

Elephantorrhiza burkei

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

Rhynchosia caribaea

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

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

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

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

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

Caesalpinia bracteata

Common names: Gariep plume-flower (Eng.); Gariep pronkstert (Afr.)

Family: Fabaceae

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

Entada rheedii

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