Local Name: Botanical Name: Family: Found in Zone No.

¡ÃжԹ Leucaena leucocephala (Lamk.) de Wit LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE (FABACEAE) 8

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Descriptions :
Shrub Medium to large evergreen shrub; 5-10 m. tall, without spine, brown bark, twig cover with lenticel. Leaves; alternate, bipinately compound, 20-25 cm long, pinnae 6-9 pairs,upto 10 cm long, leaflet 10-20 pairs , leafllet; opposite, sessile, oblong, entire, 1.0 x 1.5 mm, rounded apex, oblique base. Inflorescence; head, peducncle, cruster of 50-80. Flower; bisexual, small, 1-2 mm by 4-6 mm, sepal; tubulaar, green, petal 4-5, tubular, white,ca. 5 mm long. Stamen 10, filaments 8-9 mm long, superior ovary, hairy, 1 locule, 1 carpel. Fruit; legume, 2.0 x 25 cm, staight, flat, membranous, dehiscent, smooth, Seed; 1.5 x 0.3 cm , ovate, flat.