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Leucaena magnifica

(Guaje, Palo De Guaje, Vainillo)

Overview

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Endangered
Threat status

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Guaje, Palo De Guaje, Vainillo

Description

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Family Fabaceae

The Fabaceae are herbs, vines , shrubs , trees , and lianas found in both temperate and tropical areas. They comprise one of the largest families of flowering plants , numbering 630 genera and 18,000 species. The leaves are stipulate , nearly always alternate, and range from bipinnately or palmately compound to simple . The petiole base is commonly enlarged into a pulvinus that commonly functions in orientation of the leaves (sometimes very responsively, as in the sensitive plant, Mimosa pudica). The flowers are usually bisexual , actinomorphic to zygomorphic, slightly to strongly perigynous, and commonly in racemes , spikes, or heads . The perianth commonly consists of a calyx and corolla of 5 segments each. The androecium consists of commonly 1- many stamens (most commonly 10), distinct or variously united , sometimes some of them reduced to staminodes. The pistil is simple, often stipitate , comprising a single style and stigma, and a superior ovary with one locule containing 2-many marginal ovules. The fruit is usually a legume, sometimes a samara, loment, follicle, indehiscent pod, achene, drupe, or berry. The seeds often have a hard coat with hourglass-shaped cells , and sometimes bear a u-shaped line called a pleurogram. [Carr]

Subfamily Mimosoideae

Mostly trees or shrubs . Leaves mostly bipinnate. Corolla usually not showy, actinomorphic , sympetalous , the lobes valvate . Stamens 10-numerous, often monadelphous , showy. Pollen released in monads , tetrads , or polyads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) present. [Carr]

Physical Description

Habit: Tree • Climbing: Not Climbing

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

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Unambiguous Synonyms

  1. Leucaena magnifica (C. E. Hughes) C. E. Hughes
  2. Leucaena shannonii subsp. magnifica C.E.Hughes

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Hughes C.E., Sep-1999

Place of publication : Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 21:286. 1997

Name verified on 13-Aug-1998 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 25-Jul-2002

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Leucaena

There are approximately 54 species in this genus:

L. boliviana · L. collinsii · L. collinsii collinsii · L. collinsii subsp. zacapana · L. collinsii zacapana · L. confertiflora · L. confertiflora var. adenotheloidea · L. confertiflora var. confertiflora · L. congusa · L. cuspidata (Efe) · L. diversifolia (Guache) · L. esculenta (Carne De Venado) · L. esculenta matudae · L. greggii (Gregg Lead Tree) · L. guatemalensis · L. hybrid · L. involucrata (Barra Blanca) · L. lanceolata · L. lanceolata var. lanceolata · L. lanceolata var. sousae · L. lempirana (Guaje) · L. leucacephala · L. leucocephala (Acacia) · L. leucocephala glabrata · L. leucocephala ixtahuacana · L. leucocephala leucocephala · L. leucocephala subsp. glabrata · L. leucocephala subsp. ixtahuacana · L. leucocephala x · L. leucoephala · L. leucophylla · L. macrophylla · L. macrophylla istmensis · L. macrophylla macrophylla · L. macrophylla var. istmensis · L. magnifica (Guaje) · L. matudae (Guaje) · L. mixtec (Guaje) · L. multicapitula (Frijolillo) · L. pallida (Guaja) · L. pseudotrichoides · L. pueblana (Guaje) · L. pulverulenta (Barba De Chivo) · L. retusa (Cafecillo) · L. sabeana · L. salvadorensis (Aserillo) · L. shannoni · L. shannonii (Barba De Jelote) · L. shannonii shannonii · L. spontanea (Guaje) · L. trichandra (Bac'il Sasib) · L. trichodes (Arabisco) · L. × brachycarpa · L. × spontanea

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 27, 2008:

Identifiers

Last Revised: 2008-10-07