Leucaena pulverulenta Benth.

Great leadtree (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Leucaena

Characteristics

Tree to 12 m high. Young branches, leaves and peduncles densely whitish pubescent, glabrescent. Pinnae 10-20 pairs, leaflets 15-30 pairs, linear, acute or obtuse, 2-6 mm long. Glomerules oblong, 1-2 cm in diameter, yellowish white; flowers densely white-strigose. Pods linear, c. 10-27 by 1.6-1.9 mm.
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A tree. It grows 18 m tall and spreads 12 m wide. The trunk can be 20-50 cm wide. The leaves are twice divided and are 10-25 cm long. The flowers are white and scented. The fruit are pods. The seeds are narrow and flattened. They are small.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 12.0
Mature height (meter) 13.5 - 15.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It is more cold hardy than Leucaena leucocephala but still sensitive to cold. It can tolerate high temperatures. It suits hardiness zones 7-12. It can grow in alkaline soils. It often grows along streams and up to 1,000 m above sea level.
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An understorey tree in a variety of forest types from moist evergreen submontane to drier oak or pine-oak forest, extending into dry mattoral in some areas; often abundant in secondary vegetation, roadsides etc; at elevations up to 1,500 metres.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The fruit pod is cooked with chili. It is also fermented. The young shoots are eaten as a vegetable.
Uses eating environmental use fodder food gene source material medicinal shade wood
Edible flowers leaves pods seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Leucaena pulverulenta world distribution map, present in Angola, Brazil, Ghana, Indonesia, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Uganda, and United States of America

Conservation status

Leucaena pulverulenta threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:502744-1
WFO ID wfo-0000164277
COL ID 724BY
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Leucaena pulverulenta Acacia pulverulenta