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Leucaena trichodes (Jacq.)Benth.

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HIGHER TAXON: Mimoseae

GENUS: Leucaena Benth.

Leucaena trichodes (Jacq.)Benth. [Preferred name]
    Acacia pseudotrichodes DC. {Synonym}
    Acacia trichodes (Jacq.)Willd. {Synonym}
    Leucaena bolivarensis Britton & Killip {Synonym}
    Leucaena canescens Benth. {Synonym}
    Leucaena colombiana Britton & Killip {Synonym}
    Leucaena pseudotrichodes (DC.)Britton & Rose {Synonym}
    Leucaena trichodes var. acutifolia J.F.Macbr. {Synonym}
    Mimosa trichodes Jacq. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Arabisco [2919]; Beranero [2919]; Canafistula De Monte [2919]; Capra [2919]; Chalon [2919]; Chamba [2919]; Mihan [2919]; Pela Caballo [2919]; Platanito [2919]; Ramon [2919]; Vainita [2919]; Veranero [2919]; Yerba De La Lancha [2919]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Caribbean
Dominican Republic (U) [2919]; Haiti (U) [2919]
  Central America
Nicaragua (N) [3348]
  South America
Colombia (N) [2919]; Ecuador (N) [2919]; Peru (N) [1442, 2919]; Venezuela (N) [1442, 2919]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [2919, 3348] ; Distribution Map [2919] ; Illustration [2919]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened [3085] ; Further editing: 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3348] ; Habit: Shrub, Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1999-09 Hughes CE ; Source(s): 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1999-07 Heald J

  
USES:
  Forage [2919]; Toxins [2919]; Wood [2919]

  
NOTES:
  Leaves used as livestock feed, but toxicity can lead to hair loss in animals. [2919]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1442.

  Macbride, J.F., 1943
    Publ.Field Mus.Nat.Hist.,Bot.Ser.13(3/1):1-506 Leguminosae

2919.

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

3085.

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

3348.

  Stevens, W.D., et al., 2001
    Flora de Nicaragua,85(2)...Missouri Bot.Gard.Press
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