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Leucaena esculenta (DC.)Benth.

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HIGHER TAXON: Mimoseae

GENUS: Leucaena Benth.

Leucaena esculenta (DC.)Benth. [Preferred name]
    Acacia esculenta DC. {Synonym}
    Leucaena confusa Britton & Rose {Synonym}
    Leucaena doylei Britton & Rose {Synonym}
    Mimosa esculenta Sesse & Moc. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Carne De Venado [1470]; Guaje [1470, 2919]; Guaje Colorado [2919]; Guaje Grande [2919]; Guaje Mihuateco [2919]; Guaje Rojo [2919]; Guashe [2919]; Guashi [2919]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Senegal (I) [20]
  Central America
Mexico(North & Central) (N) [1460, 1470, 2919]; Guerrero [2919]; Hidalgo [2919]; Jalisco [2919]; Mexico State [2919]; Michoacan [2919]; Morelos [2919]; Nayarit [2919]; Oaxaca [2919]; Puebla [2919]; Sonora [2919]; Mexico(South East) (U) [1117, 1460, 1470, 2919]; Chiapas [2919]
  North America
United States (I) [2919]; California [2919]; Florida [2919]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1470, 2919] ; Distribution Map [2919] ; Illustration [2919]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened [3085] ; Habit: Shrub, Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1999-09 Hughes CE ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 1999-01 Heald J

  
USES:
  Environmental [20]; Food and Drink [2919, 3085]

  
NOTES:
  May be native only in Guerrero, Morelos, Puebla, Mexico State and Michoacan. [2919]
  L.esculenta x L.leucocephala subsp. glabrata = L.mixtec. [3081]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

20.

  Berhaut, J., 1956
    Flore du Senegal

1117.

  Breedlove, D.E., 1986
    Listados Floristicos de Mexico 4:90-112 Flora de Chiapas

1460.

  Matuda, E., 1981
    Gobierno del Estado de Mexico.Las Legum. del Estado Mexico

1470.

  McVaugh, R., 1987
    Flora Novo-Galiciana 5:1-786. Leguminosae

2919.

  Hughes, C., 1998
    Syst.Bot.Monographs 55. Monograph of Leucaena

3081.

  Hughes, C.E., 1999
    Personal Communication

3085.

  Hughes, C.E., 1998
    Tropical Forestry Papers 37. Leucaena. Genetic Res. Handbook
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