"Ipil-ipil" redirects here. It is not to be confused with the Ipil plant.
Leucaena leucocephala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Rosids
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Fabaceae
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Clade:
Mimosoid clade
Genus:
Leucaena
Species:
L. leucocephala
Binomial name
Leucaena leucocephala
(Lam.) de Wit[1]
Synonyms[3]
Acacia frondosa Willd.
Acacia glauca (L.) Willd.
Acacia leucocephala (Lam.) Link
Acacia leucophala Link
Leucaena glabra Benth.
Leucaena glauca[2] Benth.
Mimosa glauca sensu L.1763 Misapplied
Mimosa glauca Koenig ex Roxb.
Mimosa leucocephala Lam.
Mimosa leucophala Lam.
Leucaena leucocephala is a small fast-growing mimosoid tree native to southern Mexico and northern Central America (Belize and Guatemala)[1][4] and is now naturalized throughout the tropics including parts of Asia.
Common names include jumbay, pearl wattle[citation needed] (called so because of its yellowish white hue), white leadtree,[5]river tamarind,[6][page needed]ipil-ipil,[7]tan-tan,[8] and white popinac.[9]
Leucaena leucocephala is used for a variety of purposes, such as fencing, soil fertility, firewood, fiber, and livestock fodder.
^ ab"Leucaena leucocephala". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
^Corner, E. J. H. (1997). Wayside Trees of Malaya. Vol. I (4th ed.). Malayan Nature Society. p. 413.
^"Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
^Hughes, Colin E. (1998). Monograph of Leucaena (Leguminosae-Mimosoideae). Systematic botany monographs v. 55. ISBN 978-0-912861-55-5.
^"PLANTS Profile for Leucaena leucocephala (white leadtree)". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2009-09-19.
^Shelton, H.M.; Brewbaker, J.L. (eds.). "2.1 Leucaena leucocephala – the Most Widely Used Forage Tree Legume". Forage tree legumes in tropical agriculture. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
^Matthews, Donald Maxwell (1914). Ipil-ipil: A firewood and reforestation crop (Leucaena glauca (L.) Benth). Forestry Bureau Bulletin. Vol. 13. Manila: Bureau of Printing, Philippine Islands, Bureau of Forestry.
^"Plants – Buck Island Reef". National Park Service (US). Retrieved 19 January 2023.
^Ipil-ipil, Leucaena glauca, BPI.da.gov.ph
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