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Latin name
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Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit
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Family
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Leguminosae
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Distribution
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SE North America (Mexico: Yucatán?) int South America, S Eurasia, Africa (tropics) and N Oceania (New Guinea, Philippines, Indonesia, Micronesia, Hawaii)
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North America distribution zone
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SE
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Height
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S[M]
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Foliage
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E[D]
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Ecology
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sci->hel hyg? mes->xer neut->basi calc sili
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Use
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dr fd (honey) fr (fodder for horses, seed) fw (charcoal and oil with mooted seeds, fuel) ma (beads made with seeds) pl (ornamental, quick set edge) pp (paper pulp) sa (agricultural shade, anti-erosion, fertilizer, green manure, soil improvement because of nitrogen fixation, windbreaks) ti (boxes, building piles, fence posts, interior construction, light construction, poles, tutors) tx (leaves, nuts mixed with other foods are toxic for ruminants)
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Synonym
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Acacia biceps Willd.
Acacia frondosa Willd.
Acacia glauca Willd.
Acacia leucocephala (Lam.) Link
Acacia portoricensis Bello non (Jacq.) Willd.
Leucaena glauca Benth.
Leucaena latisiliqua (L.) Gillis & Stearn
Mimosa glauca L.
Mimosa leucocephala Lam.
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English name
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white leadtree; cowbush (Bahamas); cowbush leucaena, false koa, horse tamarind; jimbay, jumbay (Bahamas); jumbie bean; jump and go (Bahamas); lead tree (Jamaica); leadtree, leucaena; shack-shack (Trinidad); tantan, timbay, trembie bearn, trembie bearn leucaena; West Indies mimosa (Trinidad); white popinac, whitepopinac leadtree, wild mimosa, wild taman, wild tamarind
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French name
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leucéna glauque; banglin, bois bourro; bois-lolo (Guadeloupe); graines de lin, graines de lin pays; grains de lin pays (Haiti); leucaena, leucaena glauque, leucaena macata; macata (Guadeloupe); macata-bourse, manger-cabrit; monval (Guadeloupe); tamarin bâtard, tchia-tchia; tchia-tchia marron (Haiti); tchia-tchio, zing zing
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Spanish name
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acacia (Puerto Rico); acacia bella rosa (Colombia); acacia blanca, acacia forrajera (Colombia); acacia palida, acacia paloda (Puerto Rico); acacra forrajera, acara blanca (Colombia); arbol de plomb, arbol de plomo (Costa Rica); aroma blanca, aroma blanco, aroma boba, aroma mansa, aromaboba (Cuba); barba de león (Guatemala); carbonero, carbonero blanco (Colombia); chajal (Mexico); chamba (Bolivia); chapre, gigante (Ecuador); granadillo bobo, granadino, granolino (Hispaniola); guaje (Honduras, Mexico); guaje de Castilla (Mexico); hediondilla (Puerto Rico); huaje (Mexico); ipil-ipil (Ecuador); lambtoro, lesena; leucaena (Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua); leucaena guaje (Mexico); leucana (Colombia); leucena (Nicaragua); lino, lino criollo (Hispaniola); macata blanca (Martinique); panelo (Colombia); quarcilla (Puerto Rico); rompeviento (Nicaragua); shack-shack (Trinidad); sipia (Honduras); tamarindillo (Puerto Rico); tantan (Colombia, Nicaragua); tembladera (Cuba); zarcilla (Puerto Rico)
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Other name
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chajlib, chashi (Mexico); ekoa; gin-nemu (Okinawa); huashi, huatsin (Mexico); ipil-ipil (Philippines, Sri Lanka); ipilipil (India); kagavai; kemlandingan (Indonesia); kiulilac (totonaco); koa-haole (Hawaii); ku-babul (India); lamtora, lamtora gung (Indonesia); leleques (Mexico); lisina ti fèy (creole, Haiti); lusina (Tanzania); mimosa (Netherlands Antilles); natlucavundad, natlucavundal; pacapaca (zoque); petai belalang (Sabah); su-babul, subabul (India); tagavari; talntangan, tangan tangan, tangantangan (chamorro, Micronesia); tantan (Netherlands Antilles); telentund (palauan, Micronesia); tumbarabu (Netherlands Antilles); uaxi, uaxim (Mexico); umi (Sri Lanka); xaxim (maya); yaje (Mexico)
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Trade name
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Latin name
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Leucaena leucocephala ssp. glabrata (Rose) Zárate
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Family
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Leguminosae
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Distribution
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SE North America (Mexico: Yucatán?) int MC Africa (Gabon)
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North America distribution zone
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SE
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Height
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M
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Foliage
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Ecology
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xer calc
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Use
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dr fr (livestock) fw (charcoal, fuel) pl sa (green manure, hedgerows, shade tree, soil conservation) ti (house construction, other wood products, poles when durability is non important) tx (mimosine limits the amount that can be consumed by livestock)
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Synonym
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Leucaena glabrata Rose
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English name
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giant white leadtree; giant leucaena, Peru leucaena, Salvador leucaena (UK, USA)
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French name
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leucéna glauque glabrescent; delin étranger; leucaena (Haiti)
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Spanish name
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Other name
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delen etranje, lisina (creole, Haiti)
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Trade name
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Latin name
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Leucaena trichodes (Jacq.) Benth.
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Family
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Leguminosae
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Distribution
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SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama, Hispaniola) NW NC MW South America (Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru)
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North America distribution zone
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SE
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Height
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S[M]
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Foliage
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Ecology
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xer
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Use
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Synonym
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Acacia pseudotrichodes DC.
Acacia trichodes (Jacq.) Willd.
Leucaena bolivarensis Britton & Killip
Leucaena canescens Benth.
Leucaena colombiana Britton & Rose ex Britton & Killip
Leucaena multicapitulata Schery
Leucaena pseudotrichodes (DC.) Britton & Rose
Leucaena trichodes var. acutifolia J.F.Macbr.
Mimosa trichodes Jacq.
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English name
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hairy leadtree
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French name
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leucéna poilu; bois bourro (Haiti)
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Spanish name
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grifo (Venezuela); palo blanco, palo de burro (Dominican Republic); ramon (Venezuela)
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Other name
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