Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit
Leucaena
Taxon 10:54 (1961)
Conservation Code:
Not threatened
Naturalised Status: Alien to Western Australia
Name Status:
Current
Brief Description
Amanda Spooner,
Tuesday 14 August 2007
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.
Distribution
Beard’s Provinces: Eremaean Province, Northern Province, South-West Province.
IBRA Regions: Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Pilbara, Swan Coastal Plain, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions: Cape Range, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Perth, Roebourne, Victoria Bonaparte P1.
Local Government Areas (LGAs): Ashburton, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Meekatharra, Port Hedland, Subiaco, Wyndham-East Kimberley.
