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Leucaena leucocephala
Synonyms: Acacia glauca; L. glauca

Common Name(s): Leucauna; white lead tree
Family: Fabaceae
Growth Habit: Perennial
Invasiveness: Weed
Growing Days: 180 to 365 (days)
Temperature:
Abs.Max=108° (F)    Opt.Max=90° (F)
Opt.Min=68° (F)    Abs.Min=50° (F)
Precipitation: 15 to 80 (in.)
Winter Minimum: 18° (F)
Soil pH: 5 to 8
Soil Texture/Type: Medium to heavy textures
Soil Drainage: Well
Photoperiod Response: Short day
Light Intensity: Bright to cloud
Comments:
No frost tolerance, but wide range of tolerance to heat, desiccation, and drought.
Diseases:
Phytothora
Uses:
Animal Food - forage, Material - fiber, Material - dyestuffs, Fuel - fuelwood, Environ. - agroforest, Material - tannin, Animal Food - fodder, Weed - possible seed contam.
Woodiness:
Herbaceous
Climate:
Tropical-rainy, steppe and semi-arid, subtropical
Geographical Origin:
Central Mexico, Mesoamerica

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