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Leucaena leucocephala - Flower head - Click to enlarge!

Flower head; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 4/2006 © Jörn Germer

Leucaena leucocephala - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Bahir Dar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia; 3/2014 © Jörn Germer

Leucaena leucocephala - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 4/2006 © Jörn Germer

Leucaena leucocephala - Infructescence - Click to enlarge!

Infructescence; Bahir Dar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia; 3/2014 © Jörn Germer

Leucaena leucocephala - Pods - Click to enlarge!

Pods; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 4/2006 © Jörn Germer

Leucaena leucocephala - Pods - Click to enlarge!

Pods; Bahir Dar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia; 3/2014 © Jörn Germer

Leucaena leucocephala - Pod - Click to enlarge!

Pod; Parque Nacional da Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil; 5/2014 © Sonja Germer

Leucaena leucocephala - Seeds - Click to enlarge!

Seeds; Parque Nacional da Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil; 5/2014 © Sonja Germer

Leucaena leucocephala - Pods and seeds - Click to enlarge!

Pods and seeds; Bahir Dar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia; 3/2014 © Jörn Germer

Leucaena leucocephala - Seeds - Click to enlarge!

Seeds; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 4/2006 © Jörn Germer

Leucaena leucocephala - Seeds - Click to enlarge!

Seeds; Bahir Dar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia; 3/2014 © Jörn Germer

Leucaena leucocephala - Upper surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper surface of leaf; Parque Nacional da Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil; 5/2014 © Sonja Germer

Leucaena leucocephala - Lower leaf surface - Click to enlarge!

Lower leaf surface; Parque Nacional da Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil; 5/2014 © Sonja Germer

Leucaena leucocephala - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Bahir Dar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia; 3/2014 © Jörn Germer

Leucaena leucocephala - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 4/2006 © Jörn Germer

Leucaena leucocephala - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Parque Nacional da Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil; 5/2014 © Sonja Germer

Leucaena leucocephala - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Bahir Dar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia; 3/2014 © Jörn Germer

Leucaena leucocephala - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 4/2006 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1232
Date of entry: 31.03.2010
Last update: 25.08.2023

Common name

English: Wild Tamarind

German: Weißkopfmimose

Mandarin: 银合欢 (yin he huan)

Portuguese: Leucena

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Fabales (244)

        Family: Fabaceae (244)(family description)

          Genus: Leucaena (1)

            Epithet: leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit (2)

Synonyms: Acacia glauca (L.) Willd., Acacia leucocephala (Lam.) F.Dietr., Leucaena glabra Benth., Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) Dewit, Mimosa leucocephala Lam., Mimosa leucophala Lam.

glabra => without hair, smooth, bald, bare

glauca => greyish or bluish

leucocephala => white headed

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habit: tree

Flower colour: beige, white

External links

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