Plant Details

Accepted name:: Leucaena esculenta (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) Benth. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
guaje	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
guaje colorado	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
leucaena esculenta	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Acacia esculenta Moc. & Sessé ex DC. Prodr. 2: 470 (1825).
Leucaena confusa Britton & Rose in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 23: 128 (1928).
Leucaena doylei Britton & Rose in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 23: 128 (1928).
Mimosa esculenta Pav. ex Benth. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 443 (1875), not validly publ.
Mimosa esculenta Sessé & Moc. Naturaleza (Mexico City), ser. 2, 1(App.): 178 (1890).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Leucaena esculenta	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Leucaena esculenta (DC.) Benth.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015)
Leucaena esculenta (Dc.) Benth.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Leucaena esculenta (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) Benth.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Leucaena esculenta (Moe. & Sessé ex OC.) Benth. ssp. esculenta	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)

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