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Leucaena leucocephala ssp. glabrata (Rose)Zarate

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HIGHER TAXON: Mimoseae

GENUS: Leucaena Benth.

Leucaena leucocephala ssp. glabrata (Rose)Zarate [Preferred name]
    Leucaena blancii Ram.Goyena {Synonym}
    Leucaena glabrata Rose {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Barba De Leon [2919]; Calguaje [2919]; Chalip [2919]; Dormilon [2919]; Efe [2919]; Frijol Guaje [2919]; Guache [2919]; Guache De Tierra Caliente [2919]; Guaje [2919]; Guaje Blanco [2919]; Guaje Verde [2919]; Guas [2919]; Guash [2919]; Guash De Castilla [2919]; Guashe [2919]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Uganda (I) [1]
  Australasia
Australia (I) [2919]
  Caribbean
Bahamas (I) [2919]
  Central America
Costa Rica (I) [2919]; El Salvador (U) [2919]; Guatemala (U) [2919]; Honduras (I) [2919]; Mexico(North & Central) (U) [1470, 2263, 2919]; Baja California [2919]; Baja California Sur [2919]; Coahuila [2919]; Durango [2919]; Guerrero [2919]; Hidalgo [2919]; Jalisco [2919]; Mexico State [2919]; Michoacan [2919]; Morelos [2919]; Nayarit [2919]; Nuevo Leon [2919]; Oaxaca [2919]; Puebla [2919]; Queretaro [2919]; San Luis Potosi [2919]; Sinaloa [2919]; Sonora [2919]; Tamaulipas [2919]; Veracruz [2919]; Mexico(South East) (U) [2919]; Chiapas [2919]; Tabasco [2919]; Nicaragua (I) [2919, 3348]; Panama (I) [2919]
  North America
United States (I) [2919]; Arizona [2919]; California [2919]; Florida [2919]; Texas [2919]
  Pacific Ocean
Hawaii (I) [2919]
  South America
Argentina (I) [2919]; Bolivia (I) [2919]; Brazil (I) [2919]; Bahia [2919]; Colombia (I) [2919]; Peru (I) [2919]; Surinam (I) [2919]; Venezuela (I) [2919]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [1];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [2263, 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: 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 [2919]; Food and Drink [2263, 2919]; Forage [2919]

  
NOTES:
  Cultivated in Mexico for the production of unripe pods and seeds. [2919]
  Alongside L.esculenta, the most cultivated and marketed Leucaena in Mexico. [2919]
  Actively promoted in tropical reforestation; now cultivated pantropically. [2919]
  Only widely cultivated outside Mexico & Central America since early 1970's. [2919]
  Subsp. corresponds to the 'Giant' or 'Salvador'type recognised by agronomists. [2919]
  Third agronomic variant, 'Peru' type, also belongs within subsp. glabrata. [2919]
  L.esculenta x L.leucocephala subsp. glabrata = L.mixtec. [2919]
  L.diversifolia x L.leucocephala subsp.glabrata = L.spontanea. [2919]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1.

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

1470.

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

2263.

  Pedroche, S.Z., 1987
    Phytologia 63(4):3O4-3O6

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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