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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.