Family:
Fabaceae Lindl.
Genus:
Leucaena Benth.
Species:
Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit

Leucaena leucocephala subsp. ixtahuacana C.E.Hughes

This subspecies is accepted, and its native range is Mexico (Chiapas) to Guatemala.

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Conservation
Not Threatened
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Tree
Vernacular
Guash Criollo

[ILDIS]
Use
Food and Drink, Medicine

Native to:

Guatemala, Mexico Southeast

Leucaena leucocephala subsp. ixtahuacana C.E.Hughes appears in other Kew resources:

First published in Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 21: 285 (1997)

Accepted by

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6 Scientific Data 8: 215.

Literature

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Hughes, C. (1998). Syst. Bot. Monographs 55. Monograph of Leucaena
  • Hughes, C. E. (1998). Tropical Forestry Papers 37. Leucaena. Genetic Res. Handbook

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0