Leucaena leucocephala




Key to the varieties of Leucaena leucocephala, from Hughes (1998):

1. Habit upright, arborescent, to 20 m; leaves ≥19 cm long, ≥12 cm wide, pinnular rachis ≥8 cm long,
leaflets (11-)16-21 mm long; capitula >18 mm in diameter at anthesis, with ≥120 flowers per captiulum;
pods 12-19 cm long, 18-21 mm wide L. leucocephala subsp. glabrata
1. Habit shrubby, branchy, generally ≤10 m; leaves ≤20 cm long, ≤12 cm wide, pinnular rachis ≤8 cm
long, leaflets 9-13 mm long; capitula 12-17 mm in diameter at anthesis, with ≤125 flowers per capitulum;
pods 9-13 cm long, 13-18 mm wide
2. Young shoots, leaves, and unripe pods with dense whitish velutinous pubescence, ripe pods sparsely
pubescent L. leucocephala subsp. leucocephala
2. Shoots, leaves, and pods glabrous L. leucocephala subsp. ixtahuacana

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