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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Leucaena leucocephala ssp. leucocephala   FAMILY Fabaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Leucaena leucocephala   FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Leucaena leucocephala

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Leucaena leucocephala ssp. leucocephala

INCLUDED WITHIN Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Leucaena leucocephala

INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Leucaena glauca

 

COMMON NAME:
White Leadtree, Leucaena, Jumbie-bean, Hairy Leadtree


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image of Leucaena leucocephala ssp. leucocephala, White Leadtree, Leucaena, Jumbie-bean, Hairy Leadtree

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service    pnd_lele10_001_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Leucaena leucocephala ssp. leucocephala   FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Leucaena leucocephala   FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Leucaena leucocephala

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Leucaena leucocephala ssp. leucocephala

INCLUDED WITHIN Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Leucaena leucocephala

INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Leucaena glauca

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4147

Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Habitat: hammocks, dunes, pine rocklands, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: New World tropics

Rare

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Invasive?

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LEAVES:
Deciduous to evergreen
Evenly 2-pinnately compound: 8-16 pinnae, each with 26-34 leaflets
Alternate
Leaves have petioles.
Leaflets are sessile.
Margins entire
Leaves are subtended by deciduous stipules.

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
White
5-toothed campanulate calyx
5 petals
10 free stamens
Bisexual

Tiny flowers borne in axillary globose heads

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Reddish brown to brown
Legume

 

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