Plant Details

Accepted name:

Leucaena leucocephala subsp. leucocephala [Fabaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Infraspecies of:

Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit

Infraspecies:

See all 2

Leucaena leucocephala subsp. glabrata (Rose) Zárate

Leucaena leucocephala subsp. ixtahuacana C.E.Hughes

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
kaniti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lead tree	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nattuccavundal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tagarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tagaranniram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
takaranniram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Leucaena glauca Benth. J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 416 (1842).
Acacia biceps Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 4: 1075 (1806).
Acacia caringa Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Numer. List: n.° 5239 (1831), not validly publ.
Acacia frondosa Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 4: 1076 (1806).
Acacia glauca Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 4: 1069 (1806), nom. illeg.
Acacia pterocarpa Bertero in L.A.Colla, Herb. Pedem. 2: 265 (1834).
Galega mimosoides Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 3: 1249 (1802).
Mimosa biceps Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 1: 75 (1810).
Mimosa frondosa Klein ex Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 1: 76 (1810).
Mimosa glandulosa C.Sm. in J.H.Tuckey, Narr. Exped. Zaire: 249 (1818), nom. nud.
Tephrosia barclayana Sweet Hort. Brit., ed. 2: 142 (1830).
Tephrosia mimosoides (Willd.) Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 330 (1807).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Leucaena glauca	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Leucaena glauca (L.) Benth.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Leucaena glauca (Willd.) Benth.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Leucaena glauca Auct.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Leucaena glauca Benth.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015)
Leucaena glauca Bentham	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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