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Mimosa leucocephala White Leadtree, Lead Tree, White Tamarind, Leucaena, Jumby Bean, Jumbay, White Popinac, Mimosa, Tropical Mimosa.

100 Seeds Mimosa leucocephala White Leadtree, Lead Tree, White Tamarind,
100 Seeds Mimosa leucocephala White Leadtree, Lead Tree, White Tamarind,
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Naturalized northward to southern Texas, California and southern Florida, and southward to Brazil and Chile: also naturalized in Hawaii and the Old World tropics. Leucaena leucocephala is spreading naturally and has been reported as a weed in more then 20 countries across all continents except Europe and Antarctica. It is a weed of open, often coastal or riverine habitats, semi-natural, and other disturbed or ruderal sites and occasionally in agricultural land. Arborescent deciduous small tree or shrub, to 67Ft tall, fast-growing; trunk 4" to 5" in diam. Forming dense stands; where crowded, slender trunks are formed with short bushy tuft at crown, spreading if singly grown; leaves evergreen, alternate, bipinnate with 3–10 pairs of pinnae; flowers numerous, axillary on long stalks, white, in dense global heads 1" across. Fruit pod with raised border, flat, thin, becoming dark brown and hard. It is used as a shade plant in coffee, rubber, cacao and cinchona plantations, for reforestation, windbreaks and firebreaks. Necklaces are made with the seeds. Leadtree is valued as an excellent protein source for cattle fodder, consumed browsed or harvested, mature or immature, green or dry. The nutritive value is equal to or superior to alfalfa. Leadtree has gained a favorable reputation in land reclamation, erosion control, water conservation, reforestation and soil improvement programs, and is a good cover and green manure crop. The leaves, used as a mulch around other crops, are said to significantly increase their yields. Indigenous people in Mexico and Central America, use it as a vegetable. Unripe seeds are consumed with gusto and added to salsa. Green seeds are also consumed raw in Thailand and Indonesia. It tolerates a wide range of rainfall from 500 - 3500 mm and withstands strongly seasonal (6-8 month dry season) climates. However, it is not frost hardy and grows poorly, setting less seed in cooler tropical highland sites. The species also grows poorly on the acid soils with high Aluminium saturation that prevail in many humid tropical areas. In broad terms, it thus adapts well to a wide range of tropical and subtropical environments, especially seasonally dry tropical areas. Trees, propagated by seed or cuttings coppice well. Some seedlings less than one-year old will produce viable seed. Seeds remain viable from several months to several years. The hard waxy seedcoat makes scarification necessary before planting.The easiest and most common method is to scald seed in boiling or near boiling water. Boiling water is poured directly over the seed and allowed to cool to room temperature (preferably overnight), followed by sowing. Alternatively, small numbers of seed may be scarified by nicking which involves the use of a knife or secateur to clip off a small portion of the seed coat at the end opposite the pod attachment scar (hilum). The resultant minor damage to the underlying cotyledons is inconsequential to the germinating seedlings. For forage, seed should be sown 2" to 5" deep, planting at onset of wet season. Leadtree responds favorably to fertilizer and lime. Irrigation and cultivation may be necessary. The crop soon produces a dense stand.

A Abies Pindrow Abroma augusta Abrus precatorius Acacia arabica Acacia auriculaformis Acacia catechu Acacia concinna Acacia dealbata Acacia farnesiana Acacia mangium Acacia mearnsii Acacia melanoxylon Acer oblongum Acer caesium Acrocarpus fraxinifolius Adenanthera pavonina Adina cordifolia Aegle marmelos Aesculus assamica Aesculus indica Ailanthus excelsa Albizia amara Albizia chinensis Albizia falcatria Albizia julibrissin Albizia lebbeck Albizia lucida Albizia procera Aleurites fordii Aleurites moluccana Allamanda cathartica Alnus nepalensis Alstonia scholaris Anacardium occidentale Andrographis paniculata Anogeisus latifolia Anogeisus pendula Anona squamosa Anthocephalus cadamba Antigonon leptopus var alba Araucaria bidwilli Areca catechu Argemone mexicana Argyreia nervosa Artabotrys odoratissimus Artocarpus chaplasha Artocarpus integrifolia Asparagus racemosus Azadirachta indica

B Balanites roxburghii Bambusa arundinacea Barringtonia acutangula Bassia latifolia Bauhinia purpurea Bauhinia retusa Bauhinia tomentosa Bauhinia variegeta Bauhinia vahlii Berberis aristata Betula utilis Bischofia javanica Bixa orellana Bombax ceiba Borassus flabellifer Boswellia serrata Seeds Broussonetia papyrifera Butea monosperma

C Caeselpinia pulcherrima Callistemon vimminalis Camellia Sinensis Canavelia ensiformis Canavelia gladiata Capparis spinosa Carica species Cajanus cajan Carissa carandas Carum roxburghianum Caryota mitis Caryota urens Cassia alata Cassia angustifolia Cassia auriculata Cassia Fistula Cassia floribunda Cassia glauca Cassia grandis Cassia javanica Cassia marginata Cassia nodosa Cassia occidentalis Cassia renigera Cassia siamea Cassia spectabilis Cassia tora Castanea sativa Casuarina equisetifolia Catharanthus roseus Cedrus deodara Ceiba pentandra Celtis australis Centella asiatica Chorisia speciosa Chickrassia tabularis Cinnamomum camphora Clerodendron infortunatum Clitorea ternatea Cocos nucifera Coffea arabica Colvilea racemosa Cordia dichotoma Cordia sebestina Crotalaria juncea Cryptomeria japonica Cupressus torulosa Cycas revoluta Cydonia oblonga

D Dalbergia assamica Dalbergia latifolia Dalbergia sissoo Datura metel Delonix regia Dendrocalamus strictus Derris robusta Dichanthium annulatum Dillenia indica Diospyros melanoxylon Dodonea viscose Dolichos lablab Duranta repens

E Elaeocarpus ganitrus Emblica officinalis Enterolobium contortisiliquium Erythrina indica Eucalyptus citriodora Eucalyptus globulus Eucalyptus robusta Eugenia jambolana

F Ficus benghalensis Ficus religiosa G Glircidia sepium Gmelina arborea Grewia asiatica Gynocardia odorata Grevillea robusta

H Hardwickia binnata Helicteres isora Hibiscus abelmoschus Hibiscus cannabinus Hibiscus mutabilis Holarrhennaantidy sentrica Hyoscyamus niger

I Indigofera tinctoria Ipomea palmate

J Jacaranda mimmosifolia Juglans regia

K Kigelia pinnata Koelreuteria paniculata Kydia calycina

L Lagerstroemia flos-regina Lantana camara Lawsonia alba Leucaena leucocephala Litchi chinensis Livistona chinensis Livistona jenkinsiana

M Magnolia grandiflora Mallotus philippinensis Malus bacatta Mangifera indica Manilkara hexandra Medicago sativa Melia azedarach Mesua ferrea Michelia champaca Milletia ovalifolia Millingtonia hortensis Mimosa pudica Mimusops elengi Mitragyana parvifolia Moringa oleifera Morus alba Mucuan deeringiana Mucuna prurita Mucuna utilis Murraya exotica Murraya koenigii Myristica fragrans

N Nelumbo nucifera Nerium indicum Nigella sativa Nyctanthes arbortristis

O Oroxylum indicum Ougeinia dalbergioides

P Panicum maximum Parkinsonia aculeate Passiflora edulis Peganum harmala Peltophorum africanum Phoenix acualis Phoenix dactylifera Phoenix sylvestris Picea smithiana Pinus gerardiana Pinus khasya Pinus patula Pinus roxburghii Pinus wallichiana Piper nigrum Pithecelobium dulce Platanus orientalis Polyalthia longifolia Pongamia PinnataTop Prosopis cineraria Psidium guajva Pterocarpus dalbergioides Pterocarpus marsupium Pterocarpus santalinus Pterospermum acerfolium Punica granatum Putranjiva roxburghi Pyrus communis

Q Quercus incana Quercus serrata

R Rhododendron arboreum Ricinus communis Rivea corymbosa Robinia pseudoacacia

S Top Salvadora oleoides Samanea saman Santalum album Sapindus mukorossi Sapium sebiferum Saraca indica Semecarpus anacardium Sesbania sesban Shorea robusta Spathodea campaulata Sterculia urens Strychnos nux-vomica Swietenia macrophylla Swietenia mahagony Syzgium cuminii

T Tamarindus indica Taxodium mucronatum Taxus bacatta Tecoma stans Tectona grandis Terminalia arjuna Terminalia alata Top Terminalia bellerica Terminalia chebula Terminalia myriocarpa Thespesia populnea Thevetia nerifolia Thunbergia grandiflora Toona ciliata Trewia nudiflora

W Withania somnifera Wrightia tinctoria Wrightia tomentosa

Z Ziziphus jujuba