Definition of Leucaena leucocephala

1. Noun. Low scrubby tree of tropical and subtropical North America having white flowers tinged with yellow resembling mimosa and long flattened pods.

Exact synonyms: Lead Tree, Leucaena Glauca, White Popinac
Group relationships: Genus Leucaena, Leucaena
Generic synonyms: Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leucaena Leucocephala

Letter of Jeremiah
Letterkenny
Letters and Science
Lettic
Lettice
Lettie
Lettish
Letts
Letty
Letzeburgesh
Leu
Leu enkephalin
Leucadendron argenteum
Leucaena
Leucaena glauca
Leucaena leucocephala (current term)
Leucanthemum
Leucanthemum lacustre
Leucanthemum maximum
Leucanthemum superbum
Leucanthemum vulgare
Leuciscus
Leuciscus cephalus
Leuciscus leuciscus
Leucocytozoon
Leucocytozoon marchouxi
Leucocytozoon sabrazesi
Leucocytozoon simondi
Leucocytozoon smithi
Leucogenes

Literary usage of Leucaena leucocephala

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Session on Tropical Forestry for People of the Pacific edited by C. Eugene Conrad, Leonard A. Newell (1994)
"Philippine institutions are also testing a variety of multi-purpose trees (mpts) for fuelwood production; Leucaena leucocephala and Paraserianthes/aleatoria ..."

2. Hawaii Integrated Biofuels Research Program: Final Report by Patrick K. Takahashi (1995)
"Leucaena leucocephala and Leucaena diversifolia, Acacia mangium and Acacia ... The best performance to date has been Leucaena leucocephala yielding over 15 ..."

3. Investment and Input Requirements for Accelerating Food Production in Low by Peter Oram (1979)
"Useful species include Acacia albida (a native of the drier regions of West Africa), certain other acacia species and Leucaena leucocephala (as well as ..."

4. Site Management and Productivity in Tropical Plantation Forests: Proceedings by E. K. Sadanandan Nambiar (2004)
"... such as Leucaena leucocephala and Paraserianthes falcataria, but comparable with A. auriculiformis and Da/berg/a latifolia; 76%, 56%, ..."

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