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Leucaena

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Noun1.Leucaena - small genus of tropical evergreen trees or shrubs having pods like those of the acacia
genus Leucaena
rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants
Mimosoideae, subfamily Mimosoideae - alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae
lead tree, Leucaena glauca, Leucaena leucocephala, white popinac - low scrubby tree of tropical and subtropical North America having white flowers tinged with yellow resembling mimosa and long flattened pods


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It is a leguminous species called Leucaena, which can grow 17 feet a year.
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Leucaena resists droughts and stabilizes soil on slopes.
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All of this just goes to prove that National Champions can be found anywhere, from Sequoia National Park, home of the General Sherman giant sequoia, to Hoopy's RV Park in Alamo, Texas, where grows the National Champion great leucaena.
Introduction: the 1992 edition, national register of big trees by Gangloff, Deborah / American Forests
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