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Leucaena diversifolia (Schltdl.)Benth.

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HIGHER TAXON: Mimoseae

GENUS: Leucaena Benth.

Leucaena diversifolia (Schltdl.)Benth. [Preferred name]
    Acacia diversifolia Schltdl. {Synonym}
    Leucaena brachycarpa Urb. {Synonym}
    Leucaena laxifolia Urb. {Synonym}
    Leucaena pulverulenta var. brachycarpa (Urb.)Zarate {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Chalip [2919]; Guache [2919]; Guaje [2919]; Guaje Blanco [2919]; Guaje Del Rio [2919]; Guajillo [2919]; Guash [2919]; Guashi [2919]; Shashib [2919]; Shashibte [2919]; Wild Tamarind [2919]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
Indonesia (I) [2919]
  Caribbean
Jamaica (I) [2919]; Martinique (I) [2919]
  Central America
Guatemala (N) [1614, 1645, 2919]; Honduras (I) [1118]; Mexico (N) [1117, 1118, 1470, 1645]; Mexico(North & Central) (N) [2919]; Hidalgo [2919]; Oaxaca [2919]; Puebla [2919]; Veracruz [2919]; Mexico(South East) (N) [2919]; Chiapas [2919]; Tabasco [2919]
  South America
Brazil (I) [2919]; Sao Paulo [2919]

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

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened [3085] ; Habit: Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1999-09 Hughes CE ; Source(s): 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1990 (Americas Update) Zarucchi JL, 1999-01 Heald J

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

  
NOTES:
  Growing abundance of spontaneous hybrids between this taxon & L.leucocephala. [3085]
  Possible threat of genetic contamination to native populations of this taxon. [3085]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1117.

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

1118.

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

1614.

  Seymour, F.C., 1981
    Phytologia 48(1):1-71 Bipinnate Leguminosae of Nicaragua

2919.

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

3085.

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