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Leucaena leucocephala ssp. leucocephala (Lam.)de Wit

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HIGHER TAXON: Mimoseae

GENUS: Leucaena Benth.

Leucaena leucocephala ssp. leucocephala (Lam.)de Wit [Preferred name]

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Aroma Blanca [2919]; Bo Chet [2919]; False Koa [2919]; Guaje [2919]; Guaslim [2919]; Guaxin [2919]; Huaxe [2919]; Huaxim [2919]; Huaxin [2919]; Ipil-ipil [2919]; Jumbie Bean [2919]; Kan Thin [2919]; Kanthum Thect [2919]; Koa-haole [2919]; Kra Thin [2919]; Kratin [2919]; Lamtoro [2919]; Lead Tree [2919]; Liliak [2919]; Schemu [2919]; Subabul [2919]; Tangan-tangan [2919]; Tumbapelo [2919]; Uaxi [2919]; Uaxim [2919]; Uaxin [2919]; Waxim [2919]; Wild Tamarind [2919]; Xaxim [2919]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
South Africa (I) [2919]; Tanzania (I) [2919]
  Asia
Philippines (I) [2919]
  Caribbean
Bahamas (I) [2919]; Bermuda (I) [2919]; Cuba (I) [2919, 3348]; Grenada (I) [2919]; Jamaica (I) [2919]; Virgin Is (I) [2919]
  Central America
Belize (N) [2919, 3081]; Costa Rica (N) [3348]; Guatemala (N) [3348]; Mexico(North & Central) (U) [2919]; Oaxaca [2919]; Tamaulipas [2919]; Veracruz [2919]; Mexico(South East) (U) [2919]; Campeche [2919]; Chiapas [2919]; Quintana Roo [2919]; Tabasco [2919]; Yucatan [2919]; Panama (I) [2919, 3348]
  North America
United States (I) [2919, 3348]; Florida [2919, 3348]; Texas [2919]
  Pacific Ocean
Guam (I) [2919]; Hawaii (I) [2919]; Vanuatu (I) [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, 1999-01 Heald J

  
USES:
  Environmental [2919]; Food and Drink [2919]; Weed [2919]

  
NOTES:
  By late 1800's had spread or been introduced throughout Asia and Africa. [2919]
  Now recorded from the majority of tropical & subtropical countries. [2919]
  An aggressive coloniser of ruderal sites & secondary or disturbed vegetation. [2919]
  In some places, e.g. Hawaii, it forms extensive, dense, monospecific thickets. [2919]
  Classified amongst the 12 worst serious alien invaders on Hawaii. [2919]
  Introduced and spread across tropics much earlier than subsp. glabrata. [2919]
  More widely naturalised than subsp. glabrata. [2919]
  Corresponds to the 'Common' type recognised by agronomists. [2919]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

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

3348.

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