Plant Details

Accepted name:: Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit [Fabaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 3

Leucaena leucocephala subsp. glabrata (Rose) Zárate

Leucaena leucocephala subsp. ixtahuacana C.E.Hughes

Leucaena leucocephala subsp. leucocephala

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
acacia-negra	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
aroma blanka	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
aseik-pye	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
aweya	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
baw-sagaing	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
bawzagaing	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
bayani	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bǎi hé huān	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
coffie bush	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
ekoa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
epil	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
graines de lin	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
guaje	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
guaje verde	Other	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
hediondilla	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
horse tamarind	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
huaxin	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ipil ipil	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
ipil-ipil	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ipilipil	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
jumbay	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jumbie bean	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
jumpy bean	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
kababhal	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
koa haole	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kubabool	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lamtora	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lamtoro	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Polyglot Asian Med.: Abui Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lantoora	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Abui Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lead tree	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
leu- caena	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
leucaena	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
leucena	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
linhaça	Other	Hypothesis to Local Pharmacop., Brazil (Lozano et al., 2014) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
lino criollo	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
lushina	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mbegu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
miracle tree	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mlusina	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
niú shí shù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pamtora	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
petai balalang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
petai belalang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
petai cina	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
petai jawa	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
river tamarind	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Abui Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
subabhul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tanta	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
uaxin	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
white leadtree	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
white popinac	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
wild tamarind	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
xiǎo chòu dòu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yaje	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
yin he huan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yín hé huān	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
zarcilla	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
小臭豆	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
牛食树	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
百合欢	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
银合欢	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Seeds		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
bark, leaves, frond, pod		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Whole plant,leaf, bark, seed, root		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
seeds		Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
oil of seed		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
oil of seed		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Mimosa leucocephala Lam. Encycl. 1: 12 (1783).
Acacia leucocephala (Lam.) F.Dietr. Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 1: 21 (1815).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Laucaena leucocephala De Wit.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Leucaena leucocephala	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Abui Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Leucaena leucocephala (Lam. ) de Wit	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) De Wit	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) De Wit.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015)
Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit	Hypothesis to Local Pharmacop., Brazil (Lozano et al., 2014) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit.	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.)de Wit	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Leucaena leucocephala (Lamarck) de Wit	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Leucaena leucocephala (LmK) De Wit.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Leucaena leucocephala Bth.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Mimosa leucocephala Lam.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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