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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.
Group relationships: Genus Leucaena, Leucaena
Generic synonyms: Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leucaena Leucocephala
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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