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  • COMMON NAME: jumbay, white leadtree, river tamarind, ipil-ipil, tan tan, and white popinac.
  • ARABIC: لوسيانا
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) De Wit
  • SYNONYMS: Acacia leucocephala, Mimosa leucocephala Lam.
  • FAMILY: FABACEAE
  • KIND: Introduced
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Fodder (F) Landscape (L) Apiculture (A) Other Uses (O)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Tree
  • HABITATS: Terrace Terrace (Silt) Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
  • REMARKS: Plants used by honeybees for nectar collection for honey production.
Karim FM and Dakheel AG. Salt-tolerant plants of the United Arab Emirates. 2006. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:138955-2/images V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021.
Highly salt tolerant up to half seawater salinity, ornamental and timber plant, highly grazable. Honey nectar plants.
Unarmed tree, up to 9 meters high, with light brownish twigs. Leaves with 2-5 pairs of pinnae, leaflets pubescent in 5-18 pairs, oblong-lanceolate, acute, 8- 15mm long. Petiole 2-3cm long. Inflorescence of round capitula, pedunculate, axillary and solitary. Peduncle 2-3cm long, hairy. Flowers hermaphrodite, 5-merous, yellowish-green. Calyx tubular-capamulate. Petals 5, free. Stamens 10, free, exserted. Pod linear-oblong, compressed, brown, glossy, 5-15cm long, 1-2cm broad. Seed obovate, small. Flowering from February-December.
Cultivated and grows in the warmer places, naturalized and common in the UAE.
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