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Leucaena pulverulenta (Schltdl.)Benth.

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HIGHER TAXON: Mimoseae

GENUS: Leucaena Benth.

Leucaena pulverulenta (Schltdl.)Benth. [Preferred name]
    Acacia pulverulenta Schltdl. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Barba De Chivo [2919]; Guache [2919]; Guache De Monte [2919]; Guaje [2919]; Guaje De Monte [2919]; Guajillo [2919]; Huash [2919]; Huaxe [2919]; Liliakiwi [2919]; Palo Seco [2919]; Tepeguaje [1360, 1812, 2919]; Thuk [2919]; Timbre [2919]; Tze [2919]; Tzuqui [2919]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Uganda (I) [1]; Zaire (I) [8]
  Asia
Indonesia (I) [2022]; Jawa (I) [2022, 2919]
  Australasia
Papua New Guinea (I) [261]
  Central America
Mexico (N) [2022]; Mexico(North & Central) (N) [1, 1118, 1360, 1680, 1812, 2919]; Hidalgo [2919]; Nuevo Leon [2919]; Queretaro [2919]; San Luis Potosi [2919]; Tamaulipas [2919]; Veracruz [2919]
  North America
United States (N) [1360, 1431, 1680, 2919, 3157]; California [2919]; Louisiana [2919]; Texas [2919, 3157]
  South America
Brazil (I) [2919]; Sao Paulo [2919]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1360, 1812, 2022, 2919, 3898] ; Distribution Map [1360, 2919] ; Illustration [2919]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [2022] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened [3085] ; Further editing: 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3157] ; Habit: Shrub [3157], Tree [2022] ; Lifespan: Perennial [2022] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1999-09 Hughes CE ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 1999-07 Heald J, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005)

  
USES:
  Environmental [2919, 3085, 3898]; Food and Drink [2919, 3085]; Medicine [2919, 3085]; Weed [2919]

  
NOTES:
  Reported as an ornamental from New Orleans, Louisiana, by Sargent (1921). [2975]
  Easily confused with L.diversifolia;presence in Africa unconfirmed by Hughes. [3081]
  Introduced to Java. [2022]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1.

  Brenan, J.P.M., 1959
    Mimosoideae.In:Fl.Trop.East Africa.Hubbard & Milne-Redhead

8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

261.

  Verdcourt, B., 1979
    A Manual of New Guinea Legumes. Office of Forests, Lae,PNG

1118.

  Brewbaker, J.L. & Ito, G.M., 1980
    Leucaena Newslett. 1:41-42 Taxonomic Studies of Leucaena

1360.

  Isely, D., 1973
    Mem.New York Bot.Gard.25(1):1-152 Legum. of the U.S.: I.

1680.

  Turner, B.L., 1959
    Univ. of Texas Press, Austin. 284 pp The Legumes of Texas

1812.

  Correll, D.S. & Johnston, M.C., 1970
    Man.Vasc.Pl.Texas. Texas Res. Found.,Renner 1881pp.

2022.

  Nielsen, I.C., 1992
    Flora Malesiana, Series I Vol II Part I Mimosaceae.

2919.

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

2975.

  Sargent, C.S., 1921
    Manual of trees of North America. London: Constable

3081.

  Hughes, C.E., 1999
    Personal Communication

3085.

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

3157.

  Isely, D., 1998
    Native & naturalized Leg.of the USA.Brigham Young Univ.Utah

3898.

  Backer, C.A., 1963
    Flora of Java. Groningen, The Netherlands

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