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Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Leucaena in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Leucaena (probably from Greek, leukos, white, referring to the flowers). Leguminosae. This genus includes a tree known in southern Florida as the white popinac, a rapid grower, with acacia-like foliage and whitish flowers; it is also cultivated in S. California. Trees or shrubs, usually unarmed, evergreen: leaves alternate, pinnate, stipellate: flowers usually perfect, in close heads, not papilionaceous, the 5 petals being separate; calyx 5-lobed; stamens 10, not glandular, exserted; ovary stalked and style filiform: pod flat, broad-linear.—Species 9 or 10. Mex., Guatemala, Peru, and Pacific Isls. The trees and shrubs of this genus have the habit of Acacia, but belong to the Mimosa tribe. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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L. trichodes, Benth. (Acacia trichodes. Willd.). Tree-like: pinnae; 2-3 pairs; Lfts. 3-5 pairs, ovate, acute: fl.-heads twin on axillary peduncles. S. Amer. ^CH

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+*L. trichodes, Benth. (Acacia trichodes. Willd.). Tree-like: pinnae; 2-3 pairs; Lfts. 3-5 pairs, ovate, acute: fl.-heads twin on axillary peduncles. S. Amer. {{SCH}}
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