Version 10.38 20 July 2010 - Scientific Names: Leucaena leucocephala ssp. ixtahuacana C.E.Hughes.

Leucaena leucocephala ssp. ixtahuacana C.E.Hughes

HIGHER TAXON: Mimoseae

GENUS: Leucaena Benth.

Leucaena leucocephala ssp. ixtahuacana C.E.Hughes [Preferred name]

VERNACULAR NAME:
	Guash Criollo [2919]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

Central America: Guatemala (U) [2919]; Mexico(South East) (U) [2919]; Chiapas [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): 1999-07 Heald J

USES:
	Food and Drink [2919]; Medicine [2919]

NOTES:
  Survival dependant on continuing local cultivation for pod production. [3085]


BIBLIOGRAPHY:

2919.		Hughes, C., 1998
		Syst.Bot.Monographs 55. Monograph of Leucaena

3085.		Hughes, C.E., 1998
		Tropical Forestry Papers 37. Leucaena. Genetic Res. Handbook