Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name
Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.
Leucaena leucocephala
Authorship: The author or authors credited with publishing the scientific name. It is written after the name, sometimes with the year, for example L. (Linnaeus) in Zea mays L. An author in parentheses first published the name in another genus or rank.
(Lam.) de Wit
Common names
Mimosa, Horse/wild tamarind, Jumbie bean, Lead tree, Leucaena, Tan Tan, Tantan Tree, White leadtree, Wild Tamarind, coffeebush, horse-tamarind, ipil-ipil, jumbie-bean, leadtree, leucaena, sneakytree, vi-vi, white popinac, Tantan, acacia, cowbush, jimbay, jumbie bean, jump-and-go, wild mimosa
Names in other languages (106)Acacia, Faux-acacia, Leucaena, Ada Mimozası, Aju renni, Aromer blanc, Bonaramantsina, Chamba, Faux-Mimosa, Garote di San José, Graines de lin, Guaje blanco, Guaje colorado, Lamtoro, Leucena, Leucéna, Leucéna à têtes blanches, Leucéna à têtes blanches, Cassi, Cassie, Cassie blanc, Tamarin cheval, Zacassi, Lino criollo, Mimosa a fiori pallidi, Mimosa blanc, Mimosa, faux mimosa, Palo Maria, Sari mugu, Stuipboom, Tangantangan, Telengtungd, Tepeguaje dormilón, Tikroji baltva, Tumba Rabu, Tumba-rabu, Weißkopfmimose, Witte mimosa, acacia palida, aroma blanca, aroma mansa, aromo blanco, atiko, balori, batilís, bo chet, cassie, cassis, ekoa, false koa, faux mimosa, faux-acacia, fua pepe, ganitnityuwan tangantan, granadillo bobo, guaje, guaslim, guaxin, harilik leukeena, horse/wild tamarind, huaxin, ipil ipil, kan thin, kanthum thect, koa haole, koa-haole, kra thin, kratin, lead tree, leucaena de cabezuelas blancas, leucéna bielohlavá, liliak, lopa samoa, lusina, lyijypuu, monval, nito, pepe, reusewattel, rohbohtin, schemu, siale mohemohe, subabul, tamarindo silvestre, tangan-tangan, te kaitetua, telentund, tuhngantuhngan, uaxim, vaivai, vaivai dina, vaivai ni vavalangi, vild tamarinde, yin he huan, zarcilla, Âtiko, acacia, Левкена білоголова, Леуцена светлоголовчатая, צחר כחלחל, شجرة الرصاص البيضاء, شجيرة القهوة, ইপিল ইপিল, સુબાવળ, กระถิน, กระถินยักษ์, ตนผักกระถิน, ギンゴウカン, ギンネム, 灰金合歡, 金丝刷, 銀合歡, 银合欢, Tumbarabu
Kingdom: One of the broadest ranks of biological classification. It groups organisms that share very basic features, for example plants (Plantae), animals (Animalia) or fungi (Fungi).
Plantae
Phylum: Rank below kingdom that groups organisms with a shared general body plan, for example chordates (Chordata), arthropods (Arthropoda) or vascular plants (Tracheophyta). In botany the same rank is also called division.
Tracheophyta
Class: Rank below phylum, for example mammals (Mammalia), birds (Aves), insects (Insecta) or monocot plants such as grasses and orchids (Liliopsida).
Magnoliopsida
Order: Rank below class that groups related families, for example grasses and their relatives (Poales) or bats (Chiroptera).
Fabales
Family: Rank below order that groups related genera. Family names usually end in -aceae in botany (for example Poaceae, the grass family) and in -idae in zoology (for example Felidae, the cat family).
Fabaceae
Genus: Rank that groups closely related species. Its name is the first word of a species' scientific name and starts with a capital letter, for example Zea in Zea mays.
Leucaena
Specific epithet: The second word of a species' scientific name. On its own it does not name the species: it always goes with the genus, for example mays in Zea mays.
leucocephala
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.
species
Reference species
Leucaena leucocephala
Taxonomic status: Whether the taxonomic catalogue the record comes from currently accepts this name for the organism, or treats it as a synonym of another accepted name or as doubtful.
accepted name

Photos and conservation status

IUCN Red List category: The extinction-risk category that the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assigns to a species on its Red List. EX Extinct: there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. EW Extinct in the wild: it survives only in cultivation, in captivity or as a population far outside its past range. CR Critically endangered, EN Endangered and VU Vulnerable: the three threatened categories, from an extremely high to a high risk of extinction in the wild. NT Near threatened: close to qualifying as threatened. LC Least concern: evaluated and not threatened. DD Data deficient: there is not enough information to assess its risk. NE Not evaluated: not yet assessed against the criteria. It describes the risk of the species worldwide, not its situation in a project's area.
Not evaluated (NE)
Source: IUCN Red List via GBIF, queried on 2026-10-09 05:17.
Photo of Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit
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Photo of Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit
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Research-grade iNaturalist observations via GBIF, CC0 or CC BY licences only, queried on 2026-10-09 05:17.

Interacciones documentadas

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A documented interaction means it was recorded somewhere in the world. It does not mean it occurs here.

Types shown: 12 of 14 is a host of × interacts with (this species is the record's destination) × is eaten by × is visited by × has as a parasite × has as a host × interacts with (this species is the record's origin) × has its flowers visited by × is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of × is pollinated by × is adjacent to × creates habitat for × 2 more types with data for this species

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is a host of 137 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Camptomeris leucaenae is a host of 14 not compared
BOLD:ACQ3820 Geometridae is a host of 10 no location
Phellinus noxius Hymenochaetaceae is a host of 8 no location
Ensifer adhaerens Rhizobiaceae is a host of 6 no location
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interacts with 102 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Cacao Weevil Araecerus fasciculatus Anthribidae interacts with 613 not compared
Jumping plant louse Heteropsylla cubana Psyllidae interacts with 9 not compared
Anthribidae Anthribidae interacts with 9 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at family level.
Tamarixia leucaenae Eulophidae interacts with 8 no location
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is eaten by 23 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Greater Shortnosed Fruit Bat Cynopterus sphinx Pteropodidae is eaten by 4 not compared
Rainbow Lorikeet (Rainbow) Trichoglossus moluccanus Psittaculidae is eaten by 4 not compared
Mimosa Leucaena leucocephala Fabaceae is eaten by 3 not compared
Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala Psittaculidae is eaten by 2 not compared
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is visited by 13 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
European Honey Bee Apis mellifera Apidae is visited by 4 not compared
Nannotrigona testaceicornis is visited by 2 no location
Java Sparrow Padda oryzivora is visited by 1 not compared
Asian Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus Corvidae is visited by 1 not compared
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has as a parasite 11 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Parasitoid wasp Psyllaephagus yaseeni Encyrtidae has as a parasite 6 no location
Tamarixia leucaenae Eulophidae has as a parasite 4 no location
Psyllaephagus Encyrtidae has as a parasite 3 no location Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
Trichogramma Trichogrammatidae has as a parasite 1 no location Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
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has as a host 8 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Fusarium fujikuroi Nectriaceae has as a host 1 no location
Fusarium incarnatum Nectriaceae has as a host 1 no location
watering pot shell Aspergillus Trichocomaceae has as a host 1 no location Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
Cephalosporium has as a host 1 no location Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
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interacts with 8 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus Pycnonotidae interacts with 1 not compared
green panic grass Urochloa maxima Poaceae interacts with 1 not compared
Liana Fragante Distictis lactiflora interacts with 1 not compared
Mauby Colubrina arborescens Rhamnaceae interacts with 1 not compared
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Flower visit

has its flowers visited by 7 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. Visiting a flower is not pollinating it. «Pollinates» is a different term and a different block, and merging the two is the measured defect that turned ~88 shared «pollinators» into birds and primates.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
European Honey Bee Apis mellifera Apidae has its flowers visited by 6 not compared
Soldierfly Stratiomyidae has its flowers visited by 2 no location Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at family level.
Ornate Day Gecko Phelsuma ornata Gekkonidae has its flowers visited by 2 no location
West African Slender-Stingless Bee Dactylurina staudingeri Apidae has its flowers visited by 1 no location
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is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 3 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Glomus ambisporum Glomeraceae is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 not compared
Rhizophagus aggregatus Glomeraceae is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 not compared
Acaulospora colombiana Acaulosporaceae is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 not compared
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Pollination

is pollinated by 3 organisms

This term declares that the organism benefits this species. «Visits the flowers of» is a different term and a different block: a visitor is not a pollinator, and merging the two is the measured defect that turned ~88 shared «pollinators» into birds and primates.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Ornate Day Gecko Phelsuma ornata Gekkonidae is pollinated by 1 not compared
Flathead Chub Platygobio gracilis Cyprinidae is pollinated by 1 not compared
European Honey Bee Apis mellifera Apidae is pollinated by 1 not compared
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is adjacent to 2 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Square-necked Grain Beetle Cathartus quadricollis Silvanidae is adjacent to 7 not compared
paha Sicyos pachycarpus Cucurbitaceae is adjacent to 1 no location
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creates habitat for 1 organism

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus Accipitridae creates habitat for 1 no location
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Acompañantes documentados

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Documented uses and recommendations

Uses and recommendations that a source documents for this species beside a crop, each in its own context. They are the source's statements, not traits of the species and not Biolítica's recommendations, and none of them is a relation between two species.

Not grouped under a navigation concept

What the source states Claim type Context Source Actions
Árbol nativo candidato de paisaje Recommendation of a guideRecommended coffee · Veracruz, México Biolítica · compilación de café de CIE-10 sha256:e376ce4d636a
Árbol con valoración local Documented useAsserted coffee · Veracruz, México Biolítica · compilación de café de CIE-10 sha256:e376ce4d636a