NameThatPlant.net: Leucaena leucocephala ssp. leucocephala

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales

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

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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

4147

Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Habitat: hammocks, dunes, pine rocklands, disturbed areas, along streams and resacas (TX), per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: New World tropics

Rare

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

Forest Health Assessment & Applied Sciences Team: New Invaders of the Southeast

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

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

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