Leucaena leucocephala

TaxID: 3866

Basic Information

Leucaena leucocephala

white popinac, White Popinac, Horse/wild tamarind, Jumbie bean, Lead tree, Leucaena

Leucaena leucocephala is a small fast-growing mimosoid tree native to southern Mexico and northern Central America (Belize and Guatemala). It is now naturalized throughout the tropics including parts of Asia. Common names include white leadtree, white popinac, horse tamarind, ipil-ipil, koa haole, and tan-tan. Leucaena leucocephala is used for a variety of purposes, such as fencing, soil fertility, firewood, fiber, and livestock fodder.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Fabales

Fabaceae

Leucaena

leucocephala

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

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Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
French Polynesia Present —

Distribution (152 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Antigua and Barbuda Present —
Aruba Present —
Angola Present —
Anguilla Present —
Algeria Present —
United Arab Emirates Present —
Argentina Present —
American Samoa Present —
Australia Present —
Burundi Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_037074615.1 Chromosome 1338 19491 23644 -

Transcriptomes (5 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR27638064 root seedlings - 23419381 China:Guangzhou
SRR27638063 root seedlings - 22567382 China:Guangzhou
SRR27638057 leave seedlings - 24257334 China:Guangzhou
SRR27638056 leave seedlings - 25581526 China:Guangzhou
SRR27638055 root seedlings - 25331164 China:Guangzhou

DNA Barcodes (37 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
SAFH4410-12 - rbcLa 552 South Africa 2011-09-29 -25.734, 28.235
SAFH4410-12 - matK 811 South Africa 2011-09-29 -25.734, 28.235
SAFH2998-11 - rbcLa 552 South Africa - -25.904, 27.237
SAFH2998-11 - matK 765 South Africa - -25.904, 27.237
SAFH2855-11 - rbcLa 552 South Africa - -26.184, 27.952
SAFH2855-11 - matK 765 South Africa - -26.184, 27.952
PRTRE235-13 - trnH-psbA 504 Puerto Rico 2011-12-07 -
PRTRE235-13 - rbcLa 444 Puerto Rico 2011-12-07 -
PRTRE235-13 - matK 697 Puerto Rico 2011-12-07 -
MXBZI615-10 - rbcLa 552 Mexico 2003-03-06 15.738, -96.154
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Literature