Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit

Molino, Jean-François, Sabatier, Daniel, Grenand, Pierre, Engel, Julien, Frame, Dawn, Delprete, Piero G., Fleury, Marie, Odonne, Guillaume, Davy, Damien, Lucas, Eve J. & Martin, Claire A., 2022, An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature, Adansonia (3) 44 (26), pp. 345-903 : 527

[873] Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit

Taxon 10: 54 (de Wit 1961). — Mimosa leucocephala Lam., Encycl. [J. Lamarck et al.] 1 (1): 12 [2 Dec. 1783] (Lamarck 1783). — Acacia leucocephala (Lam.) Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 444 (Link 1822).

Galega mimosoides Willd., Sp. Pl. , ed. 4 3 (2): 1249 [1-10 Nov. 1802] ( Willdenow 1802). — Tephrosia mimosoides (Willd.) Pers., Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 2 (2): 330 [Sep. 1807] (Persoon 1807).

Acacia biceps Willd., Sp. Pl. , ed. 4 4 (2): 1075 [Apr. 1806] (Willdenow 1806). — Mimosa biceps (Willd.) Poir., Encycl. [J. Lamarck et al.] Suppl. 1: 75 [3 Sep. 1810] (Poiret 1810).

Acacia frondosa Willd., Sp. Pl. , ed. 4 4 (2): 1076 [Apr. 1806] (Willdenow 1806). — Mimosa frondosa (Willd.) Klein ex Poir., Encycl. [J. Lamarck et al.] Suppl. 1: 76 [3 Sep. 1810] (Poiret 1810).

Mimosa glandulosa C.Sm., Narr. Exped. Zaire: 249 (Smith 1818), nom. nud.

Tephrosia barclayana Sweet, Hort. Brit. [Sweet], ed. 2: 142 (Sweet 1830).

Acacia caringa Buch. -Ham. ex Wall., Numer. List no. 5239 (Wallich 1831).

Leucaena glauca Benth., J. Bot. [Hooker] 4: 416 (Bentham 1842).

NOTE. — A species native to Central America, widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions, naturalised in some French Guiana suburban areas.

HERBARIUM DATA (FG). — 5 collections at CAY. Sel. exs.: C. Feuillet 2961.