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Legumes of Somalia: all 434 species of acacias and the pea family on record (part 2 of 3)

GBIF holds records of 434 species of the legume or pea family (Fabaceae) from Somalia, the largest plant family on record there. It includes the acacias and other thorn trees that dominate Somali bushland, and the yeheb nut shrub, Cordeauxia edulis.

Last checked 2026-11-13 161 sources Reading time: 11 min Part of Legumes of Somalia

Part 2 of 3 of Legumes of Somalia: all 434 species of acacias and the pea family on record. Sources are listed on part 1.

This list is in 3 parts: 1 · 2 · 3

Full list (434 species)

Name Scientific name Family Red List Records in Somalia
anatree Faidherbia albida Fabaceae LC 7
Gelrebia oligophylla Gelrebia oligophylla Fabaceae NE 10
Gelrebia trothae Gelrebia trothae Fabaceae NE 7
Gelrebia trothaei Gelrebia trothaei Fabaceae NE 15
Guilandina bonduc Guilandina bonduc Fabaceae LC 7
False Indigo Indigastrum costatum Fabaceae NE 3
Indigofera amorphoides Indigofera amorphoides Fabaceae NE 17
Indigofera arabica Indigofera arabica Fabaceae NE 9
Indigofera argentea Indigofera argentea Fabaceae NE 5
Bengal indigo Indigofera arrecta Fabaceae NE 11
Khedaish Indigofera articulata Fabaceae NE 32
Indigofera bayensis Indigofera bayensis Fabaceae NE 8
Indigofera boranica Indigofera boranica Fabaceae NE 4
Indigofera brachynema Indigofera brachynema Fabaceae NE 9
Indigofera brevicalyx Indigofera brevicalyx Fabaceae NE 5
Indigofera cavallii Indigofera cavallii Fabaceae NE 7
Indigofera ciferrii Indigofera ciferrii Fabaceae NE 12
Indigofera cliffordiana Indigofera cliffordiana Fabaceae NE 2
Indigofera coerulea Indigofera coerulea Fabaceae NE 30
Rusty Indigo Indigofera colutea Fabaceae NE 17
Indigofera cordifolia Indigofera cordifolia Fabaceae NE 1
Indigofera dauensis Indigofera dauensis Fabaceae NE 3
Indigofera deflersii Indigofera deflersii Fabaceae NE 2
Indigofera dendroides Indigofera dendroides Fabaceae NE 1
Indigofera dissitiflora Indigofera dissitiflora Fabaceae NE 1
Indigofera ellenbeckii Indigofera ellenbeckii Fabaceae DD 1
Indigofera eremophila Indigofera eremophila Fabaceae NE 32
Indigofera exellii Indigofera exellii Fabaceae NE 5
Indigofera gypsacea Indigofera gypsacea Fabaceae NE 8
Indigofera hiranensis Indigofera hiranensis Fabaceae NE 2
Indigofera hochstetteri Indigofera hochstetteri Fabaceae LC 16
Indigofera intricata Indigofera intricata Fabaceae LC 2
Indigofera karkarensis Indigofera karkarensis Fabaceae NE 1
Indigofera kelleri Indigofera kelleri Fabaceae NE 6
Indigofera longimucronata Indigofera longimucronata Fabaceae VU 4
Indigofera lughensis Indigofera lughensis Fabaceae NE 3
Squarepod Indigo Indigofera lupatana Fabaceae NE 1
Indigofera microcarpa Indigofera microcarpa Fabaceae NE 3
scarlet-pea Indigofera miniata Fabaceae LC 1
Indigofera nephrocarpa Indigofera nephrocarpa Fabaceae NE 2
Indigofera nugalensis Indigofera nugalensis Fabaceae NE 4
Indigofera nummulariifolia Indigofera nummulariifolia Fabaceae NE 2
Hasr Indigofera oblongifolia Fabaceae LC 24
Indigofera ogadensis Indigofera ogadensis Fabaceae NE 3
Indigofera pellucida Indigofera pellucida Fabaceae NE 2
Indigofera phymatodea Indigofera phymatodea Fabaceae NE 4
Indigofera pretoriana Indigofera pretoriana Fabaceae NE 1
Indigofera pseudointricata Indigofera pseudointricata Fabaceae NE 1
Indigofera punctata Indigofera punctata Fabaceae NE 1
Indigofera rothii Indigofera rothii Fabaceae EN 1
Indigofera ruspolii Indigofera ruspolii Fabaceae NE 34
Indigofera sabulosa Indigofera sabulosa Fabaceae NE 5
Indigofera schimperi Indigofera schimperi Fabaceae NE 76
Indigofera scopiformis Indigofera scopiformis Fabaceae NE 3
Indigofera sedgewickiana Indigofera sedgewickiana Fabaceae NE 12
Indigofera semitrijuga Indigofera semitrijuga Fabaceae NE 13
Indigofera sparteola Indigofera sparteola Fabaceae NE 19
creeping indigo Indigofera spicata Fabaceae NE 2
Indigofera spiniflora Indigofera spiniflora Fabaceae NE 39
Indigofera spinosa Indigofera spinosa Fabaceae NE 35
Indigofera streyana Indigofera streyana Fabaceae NE 1
Indigofera strobilifera Indigofera strobilifera Fabaceae NE 13
Indigofera suaveolens Indigofera suaveolens Fabaceae NE 14
Indigofera subulata Indigofera subulata Fabaceae NE 21
Indigofera tanganyikensis Indigofera tanganyikensis Fabaceae LC 8
True indigo, Indigo, Common indigo, Indian indigo, Bengal Indigo, Ceylon Indigo, Wild Indigo, Chinese indigo, Commercial Indigo, Dyers Indigo, East Asian Indigo Plant Indigofera tinctoria Fabaceae NE 21
Indigofera trialata Indigofera trialata Fabaceae NE 3
Asian Indigo Indigofera trita Fabaceae LC 1
Indigofera vicioides Indigofera vicioides Fabaceae NE 1
Indigofera viscosa Indigofera viscosa Fabaceae NE 1
Indigofera volkensii Indigofera volkensii Fabaceae NE 46
Horse/wild tamarind, Jumbie bean, Lead tree, Leucaena Leucaena leucocephala Fabaceae NE 5
divi-divi Libidibia coriaria Fabaceae LC 1
Lotus garcinii Lotus garcinii Fabaceae NE 3
Lotus quinatus Lotus quinatus Fabaceae NE 12
Lotus torulosus Lotus torulosus Fabaceae NE 3
Lupinus somaliensis Lupinus somaliensis Fabaceae NE 4
Perennial Horsegram Macrotyloma axillare Fabaceae NE 1
horse gram Macrotyloma uniflorum Fabaceae LC 20
Tattered Medick Medicago laciniata Fabaceae NE 12
Black Medick Medicago lupulina Fabaceae NE 7
bur medick Medicago minima Fabaceae NE 1
Button Medick Medicago orbicularis Fabaceae NE 4
Toothed Medick Medicago polymorpha Fabaceae NE 3
Alfalfa Medicago sativa Fabaceae LC 4
Small Melilot Melilotus indicus Fabaceae NE 2
Microcharis karinensis Microcharis karinensis Fabaceae NE 8
Microcharis kucharii Microcharis kucharii Fabaceae NE 11
Microcharis microcharoides Microcharis microcharoides Fabaceae LC 2
Microcharis omissa Microcharis omissa Fabaceae NE 2
Microcharis sessilis Microcharis sessilis Fabaceae NE 5
Microcharis stipulosa Microcharis stipulosa Fabaceae NE 3
Microcharis tenuirostris Microcharis tenuirostris Fabaceae NE 5
Microcharis tritoides Microcharis tritoides Fabaceae NE 13
Microcharis wajirensis Microcharis wajirensis Fabaceae NE 1
small panga-panga Millettia usaramensis Fabaceae LC 1
Giant sensitive-plant, Giant sensitive-tree Mimosa pigra Fabaceae LC 2
Cork Bush Mundulea sericea Fabaceae NE 37
Common Gemsbokbean Neorautanenia mitis Fabaceae NE 4
Newtonia erlangeri Newtonia erlangeri Fabaceae EN 16
Ononis sicula Ononis sicula Fabaceae NE 4
Ormocarpum keniense Ormocarpum keniense Fabaceae NE 7
Caterpillarpod Ormocarpum kirkii Fabaceae LC 11
Ormocarpum muricatum Ormocarpum muricatum Fabaceae NE 25
Ormocarpum trachycarpum Ormocarpum trachycarpum Fabaceae LC 3
Caterpillar Bush Ormocarpum trichocarpum Fabaceae LC 1
Oxytropis neglecta Oxytropis neglecta Fabaceae NE 1
Paracalyx microphyllus Paracalyx microphyllus Fabaceae NE 3
Paracalyx nogalensis Paracalyx nogalensis Fabaceae NE 11
Paracalyx scariosus Paracalyx scariosus Fabaceae NE 1
Paracalyx somalorum Paracalyx somalorum Fabaceae NE 2
African locust bean Parkia filicoidea Fabaceae LC 2
Jerusalem thorn, Mexican palo verde, Parkinsonia, Jelly bean tree, Barbados flowerfence, Horse-bean, Retaima Parkinsonia aculeata Fabaceae LC 16
Parkinsonia anacantha Parkinsonia anacantha Fabaceae VU 2
Parkinsonia raimondoi Parkinsonia raimondoi Fabaceae EN 3
Parkinsonia scioana Parkinsonia scioana Fabaceae NE 22
Pericopsis laxiflora Pericopsis laxiflora Fabaceae LC 1
Sieva Bean Phaseolus lunatus Fabaceae LC 4
French Bean Phaseolus vulgaris Fabaceae LC 4
Philenoptera kanurii Philenoptera kanurii Fabaceae EN 7
Philenoptera laxiflora Philenoptera laxiflora Fabaceae LC 15
Appleleaf Philenoptera violacea Fabaceae LC 1
Monkeypod, Manila tamarind, Madras thorn, Sweet inga, Blackbead Pithecellobium dulce Fabaceae LC 4
Platycelyphium voense Platycelyphium voense Fabaceae NE 21
Chilean algarrobo Prosopis chilensis Fabaceae LC 4
Prosopis, Mesquite, Algaroba bean, Mexican thorn, Ironwood Prosopis juliflora Fabaceae LC 6
Bug-catcher Pseudarthria hookeri Fabaceae NE 1
Small-Leaved Bloodwood Pterocarpus lucens Fabaceae LC 14
Red-Wing Pterolobium stellatum Fabaceae NE 3
silver snoutbean Rhynchosia albissima Fabaceae NE 2
Rhynchosia densiflora Rhynchosia densiflora Fabaceae NE 5
Rhynchosia elegans Rhynchosia elegans Fabaceae NE 6
Rhynchosia gansole Rhynchosia gansole Fabaceae NE 13
Rhynchosia malacophylla Rhynchosia malacophylla Fabaceae NE 16
Rhynchosia malacotricha Rhynchosia malacotricha Fabaceae EN 1
Rhynchosia megalocalyx Rhynchosia megalocalyx Fabaceae NE 10
Rhynchosia micrantha Rhynchosia micrantha Fabaceae NE 8
Least Snoutbean Rhynchosia minima Fabaceae LC 51
Rhynchosia pulverulenta Rhynchosia pulverulenta Fabaceae NE 7
Rhynchosia ramosa Rhynchosia ramosa Fabaceae NE 1
Rhynchosia schimperi Rhynchosia schimperi Fabaceae NE 21
Rhynchosia sublobata Rhynchosia sublobata Fabaceae NE 19
snoutbean Rhynchosia totta Fabaceae LC 1
Rhynchosia velutina Rhynchosia velutina Fabaceae NE 29
Rhynchosia viscosa Rhynchosia viscosa Fabaceae NE 8
Rain tree, Saman, Monkey pod, Cow tamarind, Giant thibet, Inga saman, East Indian walnut, Soar, Suar, Crow bean tree, False powder puff, French tamarind, Coco tamarind Samanea saman Fabaceae LC 2
Senegalia ankokib Senegalia ankokib Fabaceae VU 23
Senegalia asak Senegalia asak Fabaceae NE 1
Senegalia brevispica Senegalia brevispica Fabaceae LC 27
Senegalia caraniana Senegalia caraniana Fabaceae VU 12
Senegalia cheilanthifolia Senegalia cheilanthifolia Fabaceae VU 36
Senegalia circummarginata Senegalia circummarginata Fabaceae NE 16
Senegalia condyloclada Senegalia condyloclada Fabaceae NT 7
Senegalia densispina Senegalia densispina Fabaceae EN 5
Senegalia flagellaris Senegalia flagellaris Fabaceae EN 5
purplepod acacia Senegalia goetzei Fabaceae LC 4
Senegalia hamulosa Senegalia hamulosa Fabaceae LC 69
Climbing Wattle Senegalia kerrii Fabaceae NE 39
Senegalia laeta Senegalia laeta Fabaceae LC 15
Senegalia manubensis Senegalia manubensis Fabaceae EN 6
hookthorn Senegalia mellifera Fabaceae LC 79

This list is in 3 parts: 1 · 2 · 3

Sources

  1. anatree · gbif.org
  2. Gelrebia oligophylla · gbif.org
  3. Gelrebia trothae · gbif.org
  4. Gelrebia trothaei · gbif.org
  5. Guilandina bonduc · gbif.org
  6. False Indigo · gbif.org
  7. Indigofera amorphoides · gbif.org
  8. Indigofera arabica · gbif.org
  9. Indigofera argentea · gbif.org
  10. Bengal indigo · gbif.org
  11. Khedaish · gbif.org
  12. Indigofera bayensis · gbif.org
  13. Indigofera boranica · gbif.org
  14. Indigofera brachynema · gbif.org
  15. Indigofera brevicalyx · gbif.org
  16. Indigofera cavallii · gbif.org
  17. Indigofera ciferrii · gbif.org
  18. Indigofera cliffordiana · gbif.org
  19. Indigofera coerulea · gbif.org
  20. Rusty Indigo · gbif.org
  21. Indigofera cordifolia · gbif.org
  22. Indigofera dauensis · gbif.org
  23. Indigofera deflersii · gbif.org
  24. Indigofera dendroides · gbif.org
  25. Indigofera dissitiflora · gbif.org
  26. Indigofera ellenbeckii · gbif.org
  27. Indigofera eremophila · gbif.org
  28. Indigofera exellii · gbif.org
  29. Indigofera gypsacea · gbif.org
  30. Indigofera hiranensis · gbif.org
  31. Indigofera hochstetteri · gbif.org
  32. Indigofera intricata · gbif.org
  33. Indigofera karkarensis · gbif.org
  34. Indigofera kelleri · gbif.org
  35. Indigofera longimucronata · gbif.org
  36. Indigofera lughensis · gbif.org
  37. Squarepod Indigo · gbif.org
  38. Indigofera microcarpa · gbif.org
  39. scarlet-pea · gbif.org
  40. Indigofera nephrocarpa · gbif.org
  41. Indigofera nugalensis · gbif.org
  42. Indigofera nummulariifolia · gbif.org
  43. Hasr · gbif.org
  44. Indigofera ogadensis · gbif.org
  45. Indigofera pellucida · gbif.org
  46. Indigofera phymatodea · gbif.org
  47. Indigofera pretoriana · gbif.org
  48. Indigofera pseudointricata · gbif.org
  49. Indigofera punctata · gbif.org
  50. Indigofera rothii · gbif.org
  51. Indigofera ruspolii · gbif.org
  52. Indigofera sabulosa · gbif.org
  53. Indigofera schimperi · gbif.org
  54. Indigofera scopiformis · gbif.org
  55. Indigofera sedgewickiana · gbif.org
  56. Indigofera semitrijuga · gbif.org
  57. Indigofera sparteola · gbif.org
  58. creeping indigo · gbif.org
  59. Indigofera spiniflora · gbif.org
  60. Indigofera spinosa · gbif.org
  61. Indigofera streyana · gbif.org
  62. Indigofera strobilifera · gbif.org
  63. Indigofera suaveolens · gbif.org
  64. Indigofera subulata · gbif.org
  65. Indigofera tanganyikensis · gbif.org
  66. True indigo, Indigo, Common indigo, Indian indigo, Bengal Indigo, Ceylon Indigo, Wild Indigo, Chinese indigo, Commercial Indigo, Dyers Indigo, East Asian Indigo Plant · gbif.org
  67. Indigofera trialata · gbif.org
  68. Asian Indigo · gbif.org
  69. Indigofera vicioides · gbif.org
  70. Indigofera viscosa · gbif.org
  71. Indigofera volkensii · gbif.org
  72. Horse/wild tamarind, Jumbie bean, Lead tree, Leucaena · gbif.org
  73. divi-divi · gbif.org
  74. Lotus garcinii · gbif.org
  75. Lotus quinatus · gbif.org
  76. Lotus torulosus · gbif.org
  77. Lupinus somaliensis · gbif.org
  78. Perennial Horsegram · gbif.org
  79. horse gram · gbif.org
  80. Tattered Medick · gbif.org
  81. Black Medick · gbif.org
  82. bur medick · gbif.org
  83. Button Medick · gbif.org
  84. Toothed Medick · gbif.org
  85. Alfalfa · gbif.org
  86. Small Melilot · gbif.org
  87. Microcharis karinensis · gbif.org
  88. Microcharis kucharii · gbif.org
  89. Microcharis microcharoides · gbif.org
  90. Microcharis omissa · gbif.org
  91. Microcharis sessilis · gbif.org
  92. Microcharis stipulosa · gbif.org
  93. Microcharis tenuirostris · gbif.org
  94. Microcharis tritoides · gbif.org
  95. Microcharis wajirensis · gbif.org
  96. small panga-panga · gbif.org
  97. Giant sensitive-plant, Giant sensitive-tree · gbif.org
  98. Cork Bush · gbif.org
  99. Common Gemsbokbean · gbif.org
  100. Newtonia erlangeri · gbif.org
  101. Ononis sicula · gbif.org
  102. Ormocarpum keniense · gbif.org
  103. Caterpillarpod · gbif.org
  104. Ormocarpum muricatum · gbif.org
  105. Ormocarpum trachycarpum · gbif.org
  106. Caterpillar Bush · gbif.org
  107. Oxytropis neglecta · gbif.org
  108. Paracalyx microphyllus · gbif.org
  109. Paracalyx nogalensis · gbif.org
  110. Paracalyx scariosus · gbif.org
  111. Paracalyx somalorum · gbif.org
  112. African locust bean · gbif.org
  113. Jerusalem thorn, Mexican palo verde, Parkinsonia, Jelly bean tree, Barbados flowerfence, Horse-bean, Retaima · gbif.org
  114. Parkinsonia anacantha · gbif.org
  115. Parkinsonia raimondoi · gbif.org
  116. Parkinsonia scioana · gbif.org
  117. Pericopsis laxiflora · gbif.org
  118. Sieva Bean · gbif.org
  119. French Bean · gbif.org
  120. Philenoptera kanurii · gbif.org
  121. Philenoptera laxiflora · gbif.org
  122. Appleleaf · gbif.org
  123. Monkeypod, Manila tamarind, Madras thorn, Sweet inga, Blackbead · gbif.org
  124. Platycelyphium voense · gbif.org
  125. Chilean algarrobo · gbif.org
  126. Prosopis, Mesquite, Algaroba bean, Mexican thorn, Ironwood · gbif.org
  127. Bug-catcher · gbif.org
  128. Small-Leaved Bloodwood · gbif.org
  129. Red-Wing · gbif.org
  130. silver snoutbean · gbif.org
  131. Rhynchosia densiflora · gbif.org
  132. Rhynchosia elegans · gbif.org
  133. Rhynchosia gansole · gbif.org
  134. Rhynchosia malacophylla · gbif.org
  135. Rhynchosia malacotricha · gbif.org
  136. Rhynchosia megalocalyx · gbif.org
  137. Rhynchosia micrantha · gbif.org
  138. Least Snoutbean · gbif.org
  139. Rhynchosia pulverulenta · gbif.org
  140. Rhynchosia ramosa · gbif.org
  141. Rhynchosia schimperi · gbif.org
  142. Rhynchosia sublobata · gbif.org
  143. snoutbean · gbif.org
  144. Rhynchosia velutina · gbif.org
  145. Rhynchosia viscosa · gbif.org
  146. Rain tree, Saman, Monkey pod, Cow tamarind, Giant thibet, Inga saman, East Indian walnut, Soar, Suar, Crow bean tree, False powder puff, French tamarind, Coco tamarind · gbif.org
  147. Senegalia ankokib · gbif.org
  148. Senegalia asak · gbif.org
  149. Senegalia brevispica · gbif.org
  150. Senegalia caraniana · gbif.org
  151. Senegalia cheilanthifolia · gbif.org
  152. Senegalia circummarginata · gbif.org
  153. Senegalia condyloclada · gbif.org
  154. Senegalia densispina · gbif.org
  155. Senegalia flagellaris · gbif.org
  156. purplepod acacia · gbif.org
  157. Senegalia hamulosa · gbif.org
  158. Climbing Wattle · gbif.org
  159. Senegalia laeta · gbif.org
  160. Senegalia manubensis · gbif.org
  161. hookthorn · gbif.org

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