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Service Notice

The Western Australian Herbarium’s collections management system, WAHerb, and DBCA’s taxonomic names application, WACensus, have been set to read-only mode since 1 October 2025. Recent taxonomic changes are not reflected in Florabase, herbarium collections, or in the census. We are hoping to be able to reinstate services around December 15; we will provide an update at that time.

The notice period started at 9:00 am on Wednesday, 1 October 2025 +08:00 and will end at 12:00 pm on Monday, 15 December 2025 +08:00.

Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit
Leucaena

Reference
Taxon 10:54 (1961)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Alien to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Dense tree or shrub, to 6 m high, leaves bipinnate, leaflets 5-20-jugate, opposite; stamens 10, free. Fl. white-cream, Jan to Feb or Apr or Jun to Sep or Nov. Variety of sand, clay & loam soils, red gravel. Margins of rivers and mangrove swamps, monsoon forest among coastal dunes.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 14 August 2007

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Indian Tropical Islands, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Pilbara, Swan Coastal Plain, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Cape Range, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fitzroy Trough, Keep, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Perth, Pindanland, Roebourne.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Christmas Island, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Meekatharra, Port Hedland, Subiaco, Wyndham-East Kimberley.