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Leucaena leucocephala is a small fast-growing mimosoid tree native to southern Mexico and northern Central America (Belize and Guatemala). It is now naturalized throughout the tropics including parts of Asia.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of White leadtree being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Leucaena diversifolia
- Leucaena greggii
- Parasenegalia visco
- Leucaena pulverulenta
- Leucaena esculenta
- Paraserianthes lophantha
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Leucaena
- Species
- Leucaena leucocephala
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